Quiz 1 - HAS 3240

Companies spend around _______ billion dollars each year on employee training programs

55

What is the primary HR challenge of outsourcing?

A firm is still accountable for the actions of its subordinates, but it exercises less control over them

All of the following are key elements of organizational culture EXCEPT:

A. Working norms B. Language usage C. Dominant values D. Available technology (D)

Growth in service sector employment is most likely tied to:

Advances in technology that eliminate manufacturing jobs

Organizational culture most likely refers to:

Basic beliefs shared by members of an organization

Which term refers to transferring responsibility and decision-making authority from central office to the people closer to the situation that demands attention?

Decentralization

The goal of employee empowerment includes:

Emphasizing the decision-making power of workers

Firms that display a defender strategy will most likely:

Encourage individual training

Emergent strategies generally:

Evolve and change as needs arise

Salaried employees are also know as _______ employees

Exempt

(T or F) A human resource tactic refers to a firm's deliberate use of Human Resources to gain and maintain competitive edge in the marketplace.

False

(T or F) Downsizing is a type of organizational restructuring

False

Strategic human resource planning is best defined as the process of:

Formulating HR strategies and establishing programs to implement them

Self-managed work teams are:

Groups of peers in a company setting who take responsibility for a particular area or task

Strategic human resource planning provides a number of benefits to a company, such as:

Helping to identify the gap between a company's current situation and vision

Firms are increasingly introducing family-friendly programs to:

Hire and retain the best workers

In order to stimulate critical thinking, the strategic HR planning process should most likely be:

Ongoing and flexible

The primary role of HR is to:

Support and help managers perform their jobs

(T or F) Firms with strong organizational cultures typically perform better than firms without such environments

True

According to research, the contributions that self-managed work teams offer a large firm are typically:

Very positive