Test Bank and Solutions for
Canadian Human Resource
Management 12th Edition 12ce by
Schwind
1-1
, Chapter 01
Strategic Human Resource Management
YES / NO Questions
1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
YES
2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes that
human resource management aims to support and enable.
YES
3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals,
product- market plans, technology, and innovation.
NO
4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations have
a dedicated human resource department.
NO
5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR
related tasks.
YES
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business
activity, and employee.
NO
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,7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in many
organizations.
NO
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing on
the basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
YES
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider
their employees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Managed
Companies."
YES
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across the
country.
NO
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including
historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness
and productivity levels.
NO
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and multicultural
population.
NO
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes
through organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
NO
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, 14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation within
the organization is an example of a progressive human resource strategy.
YES
15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit more
from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and
entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
YES
16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective
knowledge management.
YES
17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth
in Canada.
NO
18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries has
increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
YES
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only
in North America.
NO
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to
face challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
YES
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
NO
22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
NO
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Canadian Human Resource
Management 12th Edition 12ce by
Schwind
1-1
, Chapter 01
Strategic Human Resource Management
YES / NO Questions
1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
YES
2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes that
human resource management aims to support and enable.
YES
3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals,
product- market plans, technology, and innovation.
NO
4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations have
a dedicated human resource department.
NO
5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR
related tasks.
YES
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business
activity, and employee.
NO
1-2
,7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in many
organizations.
NO
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing on
the basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
YES
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider
their employees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Managed
Companies."
YES
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across the
country.
NO
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including
historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness
and productivity levels.
NO
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and multicultural
population.
NO
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes
through organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
NO
1-3
, 14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation within
the organization is an example of a progressive human resource strategy.
YES
15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit more
from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and
entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
YES
16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective
knowledge management.
YES
17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth
in Canada.
NO
18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries has
increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
YES
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only
in North America.
NO
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to
face challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
YES
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
NO
22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
NO
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