4.CHAPTER 2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PREDICTED
QUESTIONS WITH RESEARCHED ANSWERS
Strategy and strategic planning - correct answer deal with looking at the organization and its
environment - today and in the expected future - and determining what the organization wants
to do to meet the requirements of that expected future.
Current strategy, internal analysis, external analysis, strategic options, strategy choice - correct
answer the factors in choosing a strategy
Customers, competition, suppliers, labor force, shareholders, society, technology, economy,
governments - correct answer influences from outside the organization that managers cannot
control.
Strategy, culture, structure - correct answer influences from within the organization that
managers can control
Strategy - correct answer a plan of action to achieve a particular set of objectives.
Strategy - correct answer it looks at the external environment and the internal (organizational)
environment in order to create strategic advantage.
Strategic advantage - correct answer occurs when the organization analyzes the environment
better and reacts quicker than its competitors.
What is the present situation? - correct answer the first of the 3 big strategic questions
Where do we want to go? - correct answer the second of the first 3 strategic questions
How do we plan to get there? - correct answer the third of the first 3 strategic questions
, What is the present situation? - correct answer examples include profits, customers,
employees, technology, physical resources, etc.
Where do we want to go? - correct answer examples include the question, what is the
organization's vision and mission?
How do we plan to get there? - correct answer a plan that will allow the organization to reach
the goals identified in the vision and mission, and that will create a sustainable competitive
advantage.
Vision - correct answer what an organization expects to become at a particular point in time.
Mission - correct answer specific expectations of what the organization will do in order to
realize the vision
Vision + mission - correct answer = focus on the direction for the organization and its people.
Cost leadership, differentiation, focus or niche - correct answer the 3 types of strategies in hrm
Cost leadership - correct answer focuses on lowering organizational costs required to produce
products or services
Differentiation - correct answer focuses on creating a distinctive impression of the product or
service in customers' minds.
Focus or niche - correct answer focuses on a specific portion of a larger market.
Hrm and cost leadership - correct answer maximize employee efficiency and effectiveness
through highly specialized jobs that require people to repeat the same task.
QUESTIONS WITH RESEARCHED ANSWERS
Strategy and strategic planning - correct answer deal with looking at the organization and its
environment - today and in the expected future - and determining what the organization wants
to do to meet the requirements of that expected future.
Current strategy, internal analysis, external analysis, strategic options, strategy choice - correct
answer the factors in choosing a strategy
Customers, competition, suppliers, labor force, shareholders, society, technology, economy,
governments - correct answer influences from outside the organization that managers cannot
control.
Strategy, culture, structure - correct answer influences from within the organization that
managers can control
Strategy - correct answer a plan of action to achieve a particular set of objectives.
Strategy - correct answer it looks at the external environment and the internal (organizational)
environment in order to create strategic advantage.
Strategic advantage - correct answer occurs when the organization analyzes the environment
better and reacts quicker than its competitors.
What is the present situation? - correct answer the first of the 3 big strategic questions
Where do we want to go? - correct answer the second of the first 3 strategic questions
How do we plan to get there? - correct answer the third of the first 3 strategic questions
, What is the present situation? - correct answer examples include profits, customers,
employees, technology, physical resources, etc.
Where do we want to go? - correct answer examples include the question, what is the
organization's vision and mission?
How do we plan to get there? - correct answer a plan that will allow the organization to reach
the goals identified in the vision and mission, and that will create a sustainable competitive
advantage.
Vision - correct answer what an organization expects to become at a particular point in time.
Mission - correct answer specific expectations of what the organization will do in order to
realize the vision
Vision + mission - correct answer = focus on the direction for the organization and its people.
Cost leadership, differentiation, focus or niche - correct answer the 3 types of strategies in hrm
Cost leadership - correct answer focuses on lowering organizational costs required to produce
products or services
Differentiation - correct answer focuses on creating a distinctive impression of the product or
service in customers' minds.
Focus or niche - correct answer focuses on a specific portion of a larger market.
Hrm and cost leadership - correct answer maximize employee efficiency and effectiveness
through highly specialized jobs that require people to repeat the same task.
