MTG 208 Human Resource Management Lesson 14

Which of the following is not true about training and development under the Bargain Laborer HR strategy?

A company pursuing a Bargain Laborer HR strategy rarely uses on the job training.

Which of the following is an example of horizontal alignment?

A company seeking long-term committed employees offers health insurance and a retirement program.

Which of the following is an example of vertical alignment?

A company seeks to be the low cost provider and adopts a Loyal Soldier HR strategy.

Which characteristics of work design are not compatible with the Bargain Laborer HR strategy?

Autonomy is high and employees are encouraged to improve work processes.

An HR strategy that focuses on creating efficiency using talent from the external labor markets is the:

Bargain Laborer HR strategy.

"Hire for attitude; train for skills," reflects the Bargain Laborer HR strategy employed by The Walt Disney Company.

False

An organization that has a selection process that focuses on hiring team players and employees a competitive merit pay performance appraisal process will be highly productive because it has horizontal alignment of its practices.

False

The Bargain Laborer HR strategy focuses on internal labor markets because promotion from within is less costly and helps minimize labor costs.

False

The alignment of human resource practices is achieved by focusing on the relationships between human resources best practices.

False

Which of the following describes recruiting methods likely to be used by an organization pursuing a Bargain Laborer HR strategy?

Referrals, print advertising in newspapers, electronic advertising and public employment agencies.

Horizontal alignment refers to the fit of individual human resources with each other.

True

Organizations with consistent bundles of human resource practices have been found to be more effective than firms without consistent practices.

True

Organizations with human resource strategies that emphasize developing long-term relationships with highly skilled employees have been shown to be more effective than their competitors because they create more new products and services.

True

Research has demonstrated that layoffs can erode the competitive advantage that a firm achieves through adopting a set of human resource practices that demonstrate high commitment to employees.

True

Research studies support the value of vertical alignment for organizational success.

True

Vertical alignment refers to the positioning of an organization's human resource strategy in relation to other organizational strategies.

True

Vertical alignment:

deals with the positioning of an organization's human resource management strategy in relation to other organizational strategies.

During the recruiting process, an organization with a Bargain Laborer HR strategy:

emphasizes the positive aspects of the job to encourage applicants to accept a position.

Horizontal alignment:

refers to the fit of specific resource practices with other organizational practices.

Training and development under the Bargain Laborer HR strategy:

will likely focus of the development of specific job duties.