Test Bank and Solution Manual for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition by Hermann Schwind ||Complete A+ Guide

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Strategic Human Resource Management
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True / False Questions
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1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
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TRUE


2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes that
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human resource management aims to support and enable.
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TRUE

3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals,
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product- market plans, technology, and innovation.
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FALSE


4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations have
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a dedicated human resource department.
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FALSE


5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR
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related tasks.
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TRUE


6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business
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activity, and employee.
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FALSE




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,7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in
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many organizations.
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FALSE


8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing on
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the basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
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TRUE


9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider
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their employees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best
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Managed Companies."
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TRUE


10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across
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the country.
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FALSE


11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including
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historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness
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and productivity levels.
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FALSE

12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and
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multicultural population.
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FALSE

13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes through
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organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
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FALSE




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, 14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation within
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the organization is an example of a progressive human resource strategy.
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TRUE


15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit more
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from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and
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entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
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TRUE

16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective
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knowledge management.
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TRUE

17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth
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in Canada.
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FALSE


18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries
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has increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
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TRUE

19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only
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in North America.
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FALSE


20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to
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face challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
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TRUE


21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
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FALSE


22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
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FALSE




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