MGT 3320 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What 3 general competencies should HR professionals have? - Answers - Knowledge
of business, human resource practices, and change management
In what 2 ways are HR professionals' 4 roles differentiated? - Answers - Process vs.
People, Short-term vs. Long-term
Two perspectives on organization success differs based on what two factors? - Answers
- Organization's life cycle, and the stakeholder
Four common stages of an organizational life cycle - Answers - Entrepreneurial,
communal, formalization, elaboration
Four HR professional roles - Answers - Strategic partner, functional expert, employee
advocate, human capital developer
Short term vs. long term HR professional roles - Answers - Short term = functional
expert, employee advocate; long term = strategic partner, human capital developer
People vs. process HR professional roles - Answers - People = human capital
developer, employee advocate; process = strategic partner, functional expert
HR's core functions - Answers - Strategic management, workforce
planning/employment, human resource development, total rewards, employee/labor
relations, risk management
Labor trends affecting HR management - Answers - Who's working, what work is being
done, where work is being done
Two general competitive strategies - Answers - Cost leadership, differentiation
Approaches to HR strategies - Answers - Universalistic, contingency
Four different HR strategies - Answers - Bargain laborer, free agent, committed expert,
loyal soldier
Internal vs. external labor orientation - Answers - Internal - loyal soldier, committed
expert; external - bargain laborer, free agent
ANSWERS
What 3 general competencies should HR professionals have? - Answers - Knowledge
of business, human resource practices, and change management
In what 2 ways are HR professionals' 4 roles differentiated? - Answers - Process vs.
People, Short-term vs. Long-term
Two perspectives on organization success differs based on what two factors? - Answers
- Organization's life cycle, and the stakeholder
Four common stages of an organizational life cycle - Answers - Entrepreneurial,
communal, formalization, elaboration
Four HR professional roles - Answers - Strategic partner, functional expert, employee
advocate, human capital developer
Short term vs. long term HR professional roles - Answers - Short term = functional
expert, employee advocate; long term = strategic partner, human capital developer
People vs. process HR professional roles - Answers - People = human capital
developer, employee advocate; process = strategic partner, functional expert
HR's core functions - Answers - Strategic management, workforce
planning/employment, human resource development, total rewards, employee/labor
relations, risk management
Labor trends affecting HR management - Answers - Who's working, what work is being
done, where work is being done
Two general competitive strategies - Answers - Cost leadership, differentiation
Approaches to HR strategies - Answers - Universalistic, contingency
Four different HR strategies - Answers - Bargain laborer, free agent, committed expert,
loyal soldier
Internal vs. external labor orientation - Answers - Internal - loyal soldier, committed
expert; external - bargain laborer, free agent
