HR Chapter 1
The function of human resource management that ensures an organization has the proper number of employees with the appropriate skills in the right jobs, at the right time, to achieve organizational objectives is known as ________.
C staffing
Which of the following terms is defined as an ongoing process whereby individuals set career goals and identify the means to achieve them?
Career planning
Which country do many people believe has the most different culture for Americans to deal with?
China
________ refers to the system of shared values, beliefs, and habits within an organization that interacts with the formal structure to produce behavioral norms
Corporate culture
Why is corporate culture important to human resource management?
Corporate culture influences employees' degree of job satisfaction and the level and quality of their performance.
Which of the following leases employees to other businesses?
Professional employer organization (PEO)
Which of the following gives people a sense of how to behave and what they ought to be doing in an organization?
corporate culture
It is sometimes difficult for HR managers from one nation to communicate and relate to employees from a different nation due to differences in ____________.
country culture
The paycheck that an employee receives for working is also known as ________.
direct financial compensation
________ enables companies to create income and economic value
. Capital
Which of the following is an organized approach for obtaining relevant and timely information on which to base HR decisions?
A human resource information system
What do you call an individual who deals only with the compensation function of human resource management (HRM) within an organization?
A specialist
What is a shareholder?
An owner of a corporation
What is the primary role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) professional?
Coordinating the management of human resources to help the organization achieve its goals
Which of the following is a major factor that influences global business?
Cultural differences
Which of the following is NOT an external factor that affects human resource management practice?
Employee turnover
Which of the following describes the firm's corporate image or culture created to attract and retain the type of employees the firm is seeking?
Employer branding
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which of the following trends is most likely to happen?
Employment of human resources managers is projected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations
Which of the following terms is defined as the discipline dealing with what is good and bad, or right and wrong, or with moral duty and obligation?
Ethics
The process where external HR professionals are hired to do the HR work that was previously done internally is known as ________.
HR outsourcing
What is it referred to when an organization hires another company to perform HR activities that were previously performed in-house?
HR outsourcing
Which of the following refers to sets of collective skills, knowledge, and ability that employees can apply to create value for their employers?
Human capital
________ refers to sets of collective skills, knowledge, and ability that employees can apply to create economic value for their employers
Human capital
Organization development, career planning, and career development are all activities related to which function of human resource management (HRM)?
Human resource development
________ is the utilization of employees to achieve organizational objectives
Human resource management
What is human resource management?
Human resource management is the use of individuals to achieve organizational objectives.
The changing demographics of potential employees are an element of which environmental factor of HRM?
Labor market
Which of the following is NOT a main functional area of HRM?
Leading (Staffing, HR development, compensation & Performance management are)
Which of the following is NOT a functional area associated with effective HRM?
Legal advisement
How do small businesses handle human resource management issues?
Line managers in the company usually handle HR activities
________ must concern themselves with human resource management
Managers at all levels
Which of the following terms refers to satisfaction that a person receives from the job itself or from the psychological or physical environment in which the person works?
Nonfinancial compensation
________ is a goal-oriented process that is directed toward ensuring that organizational processes are in place to maximize the productivity of employees, teams and, ultimately, the organization.
Performance management
_______ are a factor in the external HRM environment due to the influence that they have on the laws that are written and enforced.
Political parties
Which functional area of HRM is concerned with employees remaining accident-free?
Safety & health
Which of the following consolidates routine, transaction-based activities and disperses them throughout the organization?
Shared service center (SSC)
What are the owners of a corporation called?
Shareholders
Which of the following is NOT a factor of the external HRM environment?
Shareholders (corporate culture, political parties, labor market, & economy are. )
Ethics and corporate social responsibility are both components of which HRM environmental factor?
Society
Job analyses, human resource planning, recruitment, and selection are all part of which function of HRM?
Staffing
Social networking, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter is one aspect of what element of the external HRM environment?
Technology
Which of the following can be classified as a Human Resource generalist?
The HR vice president
What is the primary purpose of employer branding?
To attract and retain the type of employees a firm is seeking
A(n) ________ consists of employees who have joined together for the purpose of negotiating terms of employment, such as wages and work hours.
Union
The role of HR professionals in organizations has evolved from primarily a(n) ________ role into more of a strategic role within the organization.
administrative and compliance
Some companies are very attractive to potential employees based on the way the public views those companies. This public view is known as ________.
employer branding
Any organized approach for obtaining relevant and timely information on which to base human resource decisions is referred to as a(n) _________.
human resource information system (HRIS)
Financial rewards such as paid vacations, sick leave, holidays, and medical insurance are considered to be ________.
indirect financial compensation
Paid vacations, sick leave, holidays, and medical insurance are all forms of ________.
indirect financial compensation
Federal laws like the Age Discrimination in Employment Act are an example of the ________ factor in an organization's external environment.
legal considerations
Individuals directly involved in accomplishing the primary purpose of the organization are called ________.
line managers
Managers who are directly involved in accomplishing the primary purpose of the organization are known as ________.
line managers
Who performs daily human resource management-related activities in small businesses?
line managers
A company's overarching goal is to create value. This idea of value differs among companies and is based on a company's ________.
mission
Line managers will often look to HR for guidance in a variety of areas, including all of the following EXCEPT ________.
payroll
The function of human resource management that ensures that organizational processes are in place to maximize the productivity of employees, teams, and ultimately, the organization is known as ________.
performance management
A(n) ________ is a vocation characterized by the existence of a common body of knowledge and a procedure for certifying members.
profession
A company with multiple strategic business units can save money by using a ________ to consolidate routine HR tasks into a single location within the company.
shared service center
When HR puts the right person in the right job at the right time, this is known as ________.
staffing
The United Auto Workers is a ________ that represents employees at automotive manufacturing plants when the employees negotiate for higher wages and improved benefits.
union
