Chapter 01
Human Resources in a Globally Competitive Business Environment
True / False Questions
1. (p. 3) The focus for the 21st century organization is far more likely to look like a web: a flat,
intricately woven form that links partners, employees, external contractors, suppliers, and
customers in various collaborations.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
2. (p. 3) The advantage of bringing breakthrough products to market first will be shorter than
ever because globalization will let competitors match or exceed them almost instantly.
FALSE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1
3. (p. 4) The new global corporation might be based in the United States but do its software
programming in Sri Lanka, its engineering in Germany, and its manufacturing in China.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
,4. (p. 6) Managing change is an ongoing process whose objective is to enhance the ability of
an organization to anticipate and respond to developments that are only in its external
environment.
FALSE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
5. (p. 7) Changes in any single part of the HRM system have a reverberating effect on all other
parts of the system.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2
6. (p. 7) The functional areas of HRM (staffing, retention, etc.) are the sole responsibility of the
HR department.
FALSE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
,7. (p. 8) Recognizing that you have the right people in critical leadership roles is not an HR
responsibility, but rather a business imperative which must be truly owned by the leaders
of the firm.
TRUE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
, 8. (p. 8) One of the greatest challenges of Chief HR officers is creating a true sense of
ownership among senior leaders as to their role of Chief Talent Officers.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
9. (p. 9) One study found that a 10 percent increase in a measure of goal-setting activity of
firms was associated with a six percent increase in industry adjusted stock returns.
TRUE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 3
10. (p. 10) There is a growing fear among many people that globalization benefits big
companies instead of average citizens - of America or any other country.
TRUE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 3
Human Resources in a Globally Competitive Business Environment
True / False Questions
1. (p. 3) The focus for the 21st century organization is far more likely to look like a web: a flat,
intricately woven form that links partners, employees, external contractors, suppliers, and
customers in various collaborations.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
2. (p. 3) The advantage of bringing breakthrough products to market first will be shorter than
ever because globalization will let competitors match or exceed them almost instantly.
FALSE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 1
3. (p. 4) The new global corporation might be based in the United States but do its software
programming in Sri Lanka, its engineering in Germany, and its manufacturing in China.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 1
,4. (p. 6) Managing change is an ongoing process whose objective is to enhance the ability of
an organization to anticipate and respond to developments that are only in its external
environment.
FALSE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
5. (p. 7) Changes in any single part of the HRM system have a reverberating effect on all other
parts of the system.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 2
6. (p. 7) The functional areas of HRM (staffing, retention, etc.) are the sole responsibility of the
HR department.
FALSE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
,7. (p. 8) Recognizing that you have the right people in critical leadership roles is not an HR
responsibility, but rather a business imperative which must be truly owned by the leaders
of the firm.
TRUE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
, 8. (p. 8) One of the greatest challenges of Chief HR officers is creating a true sense of
ownership among senior leaders as to their role of Chief Talent Officers.
TRUE
AACSB: Reflective thinking
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 2
9. (p. 9) One study found that a 10 percent increase in a measure of goal-setting activity of
firms was associated with a six percent increase in industry adjusted stock returns.
TRUE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 3
10. (p. 10) There is a growing fear among many people that globalization benefits big
companies instead of average citizens - of America or any other country.
TRUE
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 3
