HM 466 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
Cost Leadership - ANSWER seeks to produce goods and services inexpensively
Differentiation Strategy - ANSWER offers value by providing something better than
competitors- something for which customers are willing to pay more for
Combination Strategy - ANSWER organizations that try to use both cost leadership and
differentiation strategy and usually end up doing very well- stuck in the middle with no real
competitive advantage
Universalistic HR Strategy - ANSWER an HR perspective that seeks to identify methods of
managing people that are effective for all organizations
Contingency Strategy - ANSWER an HR perspective that seeks to align different ways of
managing people with competitive strategies for producing goods and services
Human Resoure Bundles - ANSWER groups of HR strategies that work together to form a
consistent work environment
Control HR Practice - ANSWER HR bundle that emphasizes managerial control and tries to
streamline the production process
, Commitment HR Practice - ANSWER HR bundle that builds a strong attachment to the
organization and emphasizes work empowerment
Horizontal Alignment - ANSWER the state in which individual HR practices fit together and
support each other
Vertical Alignment - ANSWER the state in which an organizations HR strategy supports its
competitive business strategy
Equal Employment Opportunity - ANSWER absence of discrimination in the workplace; people
have an equal chance of employment regardless of belonging to a certain race, gender, or
other group
Protected Classes Under Title VII - ANSWER race, color, national origin, religion and sex
Protected Under Age and Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 - ANSWER title vii
protections to anyone over 40
Physical Disability - ANSWER body impairments that limit an individuals ability to engage in
normal life activities
Mental Disability - ANSWER mind impairments that limit an individuals ability to engage in
normal life activities
Cost Leadership - ANSWER seeks to produce goods and services inexpensively
Differentiation Strategy - ANSWER offers value by providing something better than
competitors- something for which customers are willing to pay more for
Combination Strategy - ANSWER organizations that try to use both cost leadership and
differentiation strategy and usually end up doing very well- stuck in the middle with no real
competitive advantage
Universalistic HR Strategy - ANSWER an HR perspective that seeks to identify methods of
managing people that are effective for all organizations
Contingency Strategy - ANSWER an HR perspective that seeks to align different ways of
managing people with competitive strategies for producing goods and services
Human Resoure Bundles - ANSWER groups of HR strategies that work together to form a
consistent work environment
Control HR Practice - ANSWER HR bundle that emphasizes managerial control and tries to
streamline the production process
, Commitment HR Practice - ANSWER HR bundle that builds a strong attachment to the
organization and emphasizes work empowerment
Horizontal Alignment - ANSWER the state in which individual HR practices fit together and
support each other
Vertical Alignment - ANSWER the state in which an organizations HR strategy supports its
competitive business strategy
Equal Employment Opportunity - ANSWER absence of discrimination in the workplace; people
have an equal chance of employment regardless of belonging to a certain race, gender, or
other group
Protected Classes Under Title VII - ANSWER race, color, national origin, religion and sex
Protected Under Age and Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 - ANSWER title vii
protections to anyone over 40
Physical Disability - ANSWER body impairments that limit an individuals ability to engage in
normal life activities
Mental Disability - ANSWER mind impairments that limit an individuals ability to engage in
normal life activities
