WGU D351 final exam Most Updated Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | Verified Practice
Material | A+ Verified
• What role does the staffing function of human resource management play
within organizations? -✓✓ recruiting job applicants (also known as candidates),
and then selecting the most appropriate applicants for the available jobs.
• What are the types of employee compensation? -✓✓ direct and indirect
compensation
• What is the role of performance appraisals? -✓✓ A performance appraisal (also
known as a performance review, performance evaluation, or career development
discussion) is a method by which an employee's job performance is evaluated.
• How does HRM enhance human potential? -✓✓ HRM field has seen a
substantial interest in both formal and informal training and development.
• HRM's work on improving the workplace environment focuses on what two
environments? -✓✓ implementing productivity improvement programs as well as
improving health and safety at work
• What must management be aware of in order to maintain effective work
relationships? -✓✓ After an organization has hired the employees it needs, it
must foster a positive workplace environment. In addition to compensation and a
healthy and safe environment, firms must provide conditions that will make it
attractive for employees to stay.
,• What impact has globalization had on HR practices? -✓✓ organizations become
more global, it is essential that organizations develop and implement HRM
policies with international applicability, also making them relevant to employees
from diverse cultures and backgrounds
• What are the four implicit HR objectives? -✓✓ improve productivity, improve
quality of work life,ensure legal compliance, and foster ethical behavior.
• How can HR managers make a significant contribution toward productivity
improvements? -✓✓ work organization and design
• How do organizations improve the quality of work life? How have employees'
attitudes regarding involvement with their work shifted? -✓✓ most employees
today desire more autonomy and a chance to make a greater contribution to the
organization. employees today prefer a greater level of involvement with their
work
• Why is it important that HR mangers and personnel be familiar with the laws
and regulations? -✓✓ laws impact nearly all functions and activities with which
HRM is involved, HR managers and personnel must be familiar with regulations
affecting hiring and pay decisions, promotion activities, health and safety
considerations, and labor relations.
• Define the term "moral philosophy." -✓✓ refers to the principles, rules, and
values that individuals use in deciding what is right or wrong.
• How can HR professionals create a culture where ethical behavior is
encouraged? -✓✓ "creating a positive work environment, hiring ethical
individuals, providing ethical training, labeling and modeling ethical behavior,
, creating a well-defined code of ethics, establishing an open-door policy, and
providing an employee assistance program (EAP)."
• Define the term "business ethics." -✓✓ the values and principles that are used
to evaluate whether the collective behavior of members of an organization is
appropriate
• What are the six major trends have been identified as influencing the work
environment? -✓✓ increased competition, the costs and benefits associated with
HR utilization, productivity changes (resulting from changes in technology, capital
investment, the 2008-2014 recession, capital utilization, outsourcing, and
government policies), the increasing pace and complexity of social, cultural, legal,
demographic, and educational changes, the symptoms of dysfunction in the
workplace, and societal trends of the 21st century
• Internal Environment: Define "culture" and identify who shapes an
organization's culture. -✓✓ represents the organization's value system. Top
management shapes a companies culture
• Internal Environment: Define technology. -✓✓ generally refers to the
equipment and knowledge used to produce goods and services, and the definition
of technology may vary greatly by industry
• Internal Environment: How does technology influence an organization's
structure? -✓✓ with technology and computers, close supervision of employees is
unnecessary. Furthermore, technology allows work to be performed during non-
traditional hours, away from physical manufacturing plants and offices. With
technology we can see a reduction in the work force.
and Answer (2026/2027) | Verified Practice
Material | A+ Verified
• What role does the staffing function of human resource management play
within organizations? -✓✓ recruiting job applicants (also known as candidates),
and then selecting the most appropriate applicants for the available jobs.
• What are the types of employee compensation? -✓✓ direct and indirect
compensation
• What is the role of performance appraisals? -✓✓ A performance appraisal (also
known as a performance review, performance evaluation, or career development
discussion) is a method by which an employee's job performance is evaluated.
• How does HRM enhance human potential? -✓✓ HRM field has seen a
substantial interest in both formal and informal training and development.
• HRM's work on improving the workplace environment focuses on what two
environments? -✓✓ implementing productivity improvement programs as well as
improving health and safety at work
• What must management be aware of in order to maintain effective work
relationships? -✓✓ After an organization has hired the employees it needs, it
must foster a positive workplace environment. In addition to compensation and a
healthy and safe environment, firms must provide conditions that will make it
attractive for employees to stay.
,• What impact has globalization had on HR practices? -✓✓ organizations become
more global, it is essential that organizations develop and implement HRM
policies with international applicability, also making them relevant to employees
from diverse cultures and backgrounds
• What are the four implicit HR objectives? -✓✓ improve productivity, improve
quality of work life,ensure legal compliance, and foster ethical behavior.
• How can HR managers make a significant contribution toward productivity
improvements? -✓✓ work organization and design
• How do organizations improve the quality of work life? How have employees'
attitudes regarding involvement with their work shifted? -✓✓ most employees
today desire more autonomy and a chance to make a greater contribution to the
organization. employees today prefer a greater level of involvement with their
work
• Why is it important that HR mangers and personnel be familiar with the laws
and regulations? -✓✓ laws impact nearly all functions and activities with which
HRM is involved, HR managers and personnel must be familiar with regulations
affecting hiring and pay decisions, promotion activities, health and safety
considerations, and labor relations.
• Define the term "moral philosophy." -✓✓ refers to the principles, rules, and
values that individuals use in deciding what is right or wrong.
• How can HR professionals create a culture where ethical behavior is
encouraged? -✓✓ "creating a positive work environment, hiring ethical
individuals, providing ethical training, labeling and modeling ethical behavior,
, creating a well-defined code of ethics, establishing an open-door policy, and
providing an employee assistance program (EAP)."
• Define the term "business ethics." -✓✓ the values and principles that are used
to evaluate whether the collective behavior of members of an organization is
appropriate
• What are the six major trends have been identified as influencing the work
environment? -✓✓ increased competition, the costs and benefits associated with
HR utilization, productivity changes (resulting from changes in technology, capital
investment, the 2008-2014 recession, capital utilization, outsourcing, and
government policies), the increasing pace and complexity of social, cultural, legal,
demographic, and educational changes, the symptoms of dysfunction in the
workplace, and societal trends of the 21st century
• Internal Environment: Define "culture" and identify who shapes an
organization's culture. -✓✓ represents the organization's value system. Top
management shapes a companies culture
• Internal Environment: Define technology. -✓✓ generally refers to the
equipment and knowledge used to produce goods and services, and the definition
of technology may vary greatly by industry
• Internal Environment: How does technology influence an organization's
structure? -✓✓ with technology and computers, close supervision of employees is
unnecessary. Furthermore, technology allows work to be performed during non-
traditional hours, away from physical manufacturing plants and offices. With
technology we can see a reduction in the work force.
