Chapter 13 - Multiple Choice - Questions
1 Barner's research identifies a number of changes that will take place over
the next number of years which will reshape the work environment. Which
of the following is not one of these changes?
1 A just-in-time workplace
2 The ascendancy of knowledge workers
3 A younger workforce
4 Computerised coaching and electronic monitoring
2 Look at the figure below which represents the changes in the business
and its impact on the people and the HR Department and then choose the
option that correctly reflects the missing word.
(a) ________________
Globalization (b) _____________
Employees Customers
Investors Competitors
(c) ___________________
Talent Collaboration
Speed of Change Learning
Shared (d) _________ Leadership brand
Culture or firm brand Innovation
Accountability Strategic clarity
Efficiency
People
HR
Practices Department
1
, 1 (a) Global Business challenges (b) technology (c) Organisational
Responses (d) mindset
2 (a) Organisational Responses (b) information (c) Global Business
Challenges (d) mindset
3 (a) Global Business challenges (b) technology (c) organisational
Responses (d) vision
4 (a) Organisational Responses (b) information (c) Global Business
challenges (d) vision
3 With the implementation of virtual organisations a number of issues will
need attention from a management perspective. These include:
a effective communication and planning
b clear agreements about performance expectations
c clear agreements about team priorities
d clear agreements about communication links
e clear agreements about resource allocation
f awareness of possible misunderstandings and interpretations due
to emails
1 only a, b, d and e
2 only b, d, e and f
3 only a, c and d
4 All of the above
4 Virtual organisations have a number of characteristics. Which of the
following is not one of these characteristics?
1 They will reduce the existence of home offices
2 They will be reliant on the medium of cyberspace
3 They will be enabled via new computing and communication
developments
4 They will initially only exist across conventional organisational
structures
5 “HR professionals utilising these types of workers will have to find new
ways to motivate them, as serious problems in performance and morale
will occur”. This statement is true for _____________.
1 virtual organisations
2 the growth of worker diversity
3 the ageing workforce
4 the just-in-time workforce
2
1 Barner's research identifies a number of changes that will take place over
the next number of years which will reshape the work environment. Which
of the following is not one of these changes?
1 A just-in-time workplace
2 The ascendancy of knowledge workers
3 A younger workforce
4 Computerised coaching and electronic monitoring
2 Look at the figure below which represents the changes in the business
and its impact on the people and the HR Department and then choose the
option that correctly reflects the missing word.
(a) ________________
Globalization (b) _____________
Employees Customers
Investors Competitors
(c) ___________________
Talent Collaboration
Speed of Change Learning
Shared (d) _________ Leadership brand
Culture or firm brand Innovation
Accountability Strategic clarity
Efficiency
People
HR
Practices Department
1
, 1 (a) Global Business challenges (b) technology (c) Organisational
Responses (d) mindset
2 (a) Organisational Responses (b) information (c) Global Business
Challenges (d) mindset
3 (a) Global Business challenges (b) technology (c) organisational
Responses (d) vision
4 (a) Organisational Responses (b) information (c) Global Business
challenges (d) vision
3 With the implementation of virtual organisations a number of issues will
need attention from a management perspective. These include:
a effective communication and planning
b clear agreements about performance expectations
c clear agreements about team priorities
d clear agreements about communication links
e clear agreements about resource allocation
f awareness of possible misunderstandings and interpretations due
to emails
1 only a, b, d and e
2 only b, d, e and f
3 only a, c and d
4 All of the above
4 Virtual organisations have a number of characteristics. Which of the
following is not one of these characteristics?
1 They will reduce the existence of home offices
2 They will be reliant on the medium of cyberspace
3 They will be enabled via new computing and communication
developments
4 They will initially only exist across conventional organisational
structures
5 “HR professionals utilising these types of workers will have to find new
ways to motivate them, as serious problems in performance and morale
will occur”. This statement is true for _____________.
1 virtual organisations
2 the growth of worker diversity
3 the ageing workforce
4 the just-in-time workforce
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