IMT SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS AVAILABLE –HRME007 TEST 1
ASSIGNMENT
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Question 1 of 30:
Strategy oriented employee development programme have
a. broader goal and short time horizon
b. broader goal and long time horizon
c. narrower goal and short time horizon
d. narrower goal and long time horizon
Question 2 of 30:
Employers dislike trade unions because
a. perception of reduced managerial power
b. apprehension of increased cost
c. loss of competitiveness
d. all of these
Question 3 of 30:
Potential employees differ amongst each other on various grounds, other than
a. stability of their services
b. willingness to work in a team
c. self-initiated learning
d. willingness to work for a compensation
Question 4 of 30:
At the workplace, leadership preference of traditionalists is oriented towards
a. equality and democracy
b. fairness and consistency
c. directness and competency
d. positivity and motivation
Question 5 of 30:
Culture in which beliefs and values followed by human capital of firm is classified as
a. shared culture
b. organizational culture
c. department culture
d. all of these
Question 6 of 30:
Procedure of analyzing human capital availability and need of human resources for organization is classified as
a. human resource planning
b. cost planning
c. selection planning
d. none of these
Question 7 of 30:
It measures how much business goals are achieved by HRD effort. It is
a. business linkage score
b. HRD culture
c. HRD competency score
d. none of these
Question 8 of 30:
When a company wants to enter into new product line the strategy opted by it is
a. Merger
b. acquisition
c. outsourcing
d. diversification
Question 9 of 30:
Practice by which representatives of unions is given position in board of directors of company is classified as
a. co-functional agreement
b. mutual union contract
c. participative management
d. mutual agreement
Question 10 of 30:
Under which category can ‘large inventories’ be kept best?
a. potential weakness
b. actual weakness
c. potential opportunity
d. actual opportunity
Question 11 of 30:
Alternative work systems are ascribed to
a. scientific and technological R&D organisations
b. new developments in the area of job design and work systems
c. destabilization of workforce employment
d. none of these
Question 12 of 30:
Selection failure within strategic recruitment is related to
a. a new position that requires unique skills
b. excessive selection of senior executives
c. demotivation for an employee
d. all of these
Question 13 of 30:
Employees join unions to fulfil their____ needs
a. social
b. esteem
c. economic
d. all of these
Question 14 of 30:
Strategic Human Resource Management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through
a. process
b. price
c. product
d. people
Question 15 of 30:
Macro HR policies of a company do not affect
a. trade union and collective bargaining
b. type of markets for recruitment
c. on the job/off the job development of employees
d. none of these
Question 16 of 30:
_______is a prominent demotivating factor within recruitment from internal market
a. Inbreeding effect
b. Politicization
c. Selection failure
d. Lack of choice
Question 17 of 30:
It has been reported that BPO companies are hiring borderline candidates whom they rejected earlier, illustrates
a. significance of remuneration in strategic HRM
b. significance of high attrition in strategic HRM
c. significance of abundant choice in external market in strategic HRM
d. significance of training and development in strategic HRM
Question 18 of 30:
Kind of bargaining in which workers and management representative negotiate work hours, wages and employment conditions is classified as
a. union bargaining
b. distributive bargaining
c. descriptive bargaining
d. collective bargaining
Question 19 of 30:
Temporary organisational structure refers to
a. employees look for visible recognition of their expertise
b. increase in company’s dependency on external markets
d. research intensive organisations involved in scientific and technological advancements
d. all of these
Question 20 of 30:
Disadvantage of union involvement in company’s strategy planning is
a. cost control through productivity bargaining
b. credibility to strategy information
c. strategic suggestions from union
d. barriers to information transfer
Question 21 of 30:
It would not be correct to infer that
a. multiple cut off method is appropriate for monopolistic/governmental organisations
b. The disadvantage of multiple hurdle method is that it suffers from high rejection in error and
its associated costs
c. The disadvantage of compensatory method is that it balances the cost of accept and reject
errors as well
d. The cut off score for selection instruments is high in compensatory method as well as multiple
cut off method
Question 22 of 30:
All are work related individual dimensions of diversity except
a. motivation
b. personality
c. experience
d. physical ability
Question 23 of 30:
Masculine society is more
a. aggressive
b. focusing on interpersonal relationship
c. sensitive
d. welfare oriented
Question 24 of 30:
Global HRM requires, as compared to domestic HRM,
a. a greater involvement in the employee’s personal life
b. a lesser involvement in the employee’s personal life
c. equal involvement in the employee’s personal life
d. no involvement in the employee’s personal life
Question 25 of 30:
Corporate strategy excludes
a. consolidation
b. diversification
c. cost leadership
d. expansion
Question 26 of 30:
A______ interview with questions on uniquely critical situations for the vacancy may make an expert interviewer understand the_____ of the interviewee
a. structured, value orientation
b. unstructured, value orientation
c. structured, business acumen
d. unstructured, business acumen
Question 27 of 30:
An advantage amongst the compulsions generated by trade unions is
a. that it involves large numbers of workers
b. that it assures quality of work by member workers
c. that it symbolizes company muscle power
d. all of these
Question 28 of 30:
Strategic HRM is not_____ to global HRM
a. nearly similar
b. exactly similar
c. incongruent
d. all of these
Question 29 of 30:
Small organizations generally prefer
a. multiple hurdle method
b. multiple cut-off method
c. compensatory method
d. profile matching method
Question 30 of 30:
Fragmented, narrow, skill based work systems do not have problems like
a. increase in productivity only up to a limit and substantial reduction thereafter
b. job related accidents, raw material wastage, and product defects increase with excessive
fragmentation
c. enhanced expenditure on learning, retraining and skill development
d. employee -work relationship destabilized