SHRM SCP Exam 2026 with precise detailed answers || || || || || || ||
SMART - ✔✔Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timebound
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Extraterritoriality - ✔✔Extends the power of a country's laws over it citizens outside that || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
country's sovereign national boundaries. || || ||
Porter's "Five Forces" - ✔✔Framework was originally designed to identify industries that were
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likely to be profitable and would provide a roi. Threat of substitution, entry, bargaining power of
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suppliers, bargaining power of buyers, rivalry among competitors( influenced by all 4)
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Schein's Lauer of Culture - ✔✔Basic assumptions (implicit culture), norms and values, artifacts
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and products (explicit culture)
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Due process - ✔✔Concept that laws are enforced through accepted, codified procedures
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Histogram - ✔✔Graphically depicts the sorting of data into groups arranged in the shape of a
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statistical distribution, showing a central tendency and dispersion around that tendency.
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Scatter Diagram - ✔✔Plots data points against two variables that form the chart's x and y axes.
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Each axis is scaled. The pattern formed by the plotted data describes the correlation between the
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two variables.
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Rule of Law - ✔✔No individual is beyond the reach of the law and the authority is exercised only
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in accordance with written and publicly disclosed laws
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Alliances, partnerships and acquisitions - ✔✔Which growth strategy is commonly used to
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accelerate path to globalization? || || ||
, Impoverished Manager - ✔✔Detached from the team process, forcing the team to struggle on its || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
own. The impoverished manager is committed to nether task nor people. Part of Blake-Mouton's
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behavioral leadership theory. || ||
Leader-member relations - ✔✔Refers to the degree of confidence, trust, and respect that || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
followers have in their leadership. || || || ||
Environmental Scanning - ✔✔Process that systematically surveys and interprets relevant data, || || || || || || || || || || ||
such as economic trends, to identify external opportunities and threats. This process is conducted
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to assess how these factors affect the organization currently and how they will affect the
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organization in the future || || ||
Strategic alliance - ✔✔Is a formal agreement between two or more companies to collaborate
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resources but not equity. Create synergy based on the partners' strengths and technical
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capabilities.
Joint Venture - ✔✔An agreement between two or more partners to create a new economic entity.
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Both contribute to equity and share in revenues, expenses and control
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Yield Ratio - ✔✔Calculated at various stages in recruitment as well as at the end. Example is
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qualified applicants/total applicants || ||
Assessment Centers - ✔✔A method of evaluating candidates who are presented with content-
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valid workplace situations to which they respond and who are then evaluated on their responses
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Geocentric - ✔✔approach ignores nationality in favor of ability and seeks the best people for key
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jobs. Staffing policies in an organization with a geocentric focus maximize the long-term strength
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of the global organization
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Managerial Estimates - ✔✔Consist of projections made by the managers. This works in two
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ways: from the down or the bottom up. The success of this method is entirely dependent upon the
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quality of info provided to managers to use in making estimates a
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SMART - ✔✔Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timebound
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Extraterritoriality - ✔✔Extends the power of a country's laws over it citizens outside that || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
country's sovereign national boundaries. || || ||
Porter's "Five Forces" - ✔✔Framework was originally designed to identify industries that were
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likely to be profitable and would provide a roi. Threat of substitution, entry, bargaining power of
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suppliers, bargaining power of buyers, rivalry among competitors( influenced by all 4)
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Schein's Lauer of Culture - ✔✔Basic assumptions (implicit culture), norms and values, artifacts
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and products (explicit culture)
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Due process - ✔✔Concept that laws are enforced through accepted, codified procedures
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Histogram - ✔✔Graphically depicts the sorting of data into groups arranged in the shape of a
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statistical distribution, showing a central tendency and dispersion around that tendency.
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Scatter Diagram - ✔✔Plots data points against two variables that form the chart's x and y axes.
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Each axis is scaled. The pattern formed by the plotted data describes the correlation between the
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two variables.
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Rule of Law - ✔✔No individual is beyond the reach of the law and the authority is exercised only
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in accordance with written and publicly disclosed laws
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Alliances, partnerships and acquisitions - ✔✔Which growth strategy is commonly used to
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accelerate path to globalization? || || ||
, Impoverished Manager - ✔✔Detached from the team process, forcing the team to struggle on its || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
own. The impoverished manager is committed to nether task nor people. Part of Blake-Mouton's
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behavioral leadership theory. || ||
Leader-member relations - ✔✔Refers to the degree of confidence, trust, and respect that || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
followers have in their leadership. || || || ||
Environmental Scanning - ✔✔Process that systematically surveys and interprets relevant data, || || || || || || || || || || ||
such as economic trends, to identify external opportunities and threats. This process is conducted
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to assess how these factors affect the organization currently and how they will affect the
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organization in the future || || ||
Strategic alliance - ✔✔Is a formal agreement between two or more companies to collaborate
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resources but not equity. Create synergy based on the partners' strengths and technical
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capabilities.
Joint Venture - ✔✔An agreement between two or more partners to create a new economic entity.
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Both contribute to equity and share in revenues, expenses and control
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Yield Ratio - ✔✔Calculated at various stages in recruitment as well as at the end. Example is
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qualified applicants/total applicants || ||
Assessment Centers - ✔✔A method of evaluating candidates who are presented with content-
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valid workplace situations to which they respond and who are then evaluated on their responses
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Geocentric - ✔✔approach ignores nationality in favor of ability and seeks the best people for key
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jobs. Staffing policies in an organization with a geocentric focus maximize the long-term strength
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of the global organization
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Managerial Estimates - ✔✔Consist of projections made by the managers. This works in two
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ways: from the down or the bottom up. The success of this method is entirely dependent upon the
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quality of info provided to managers to use in making estimates a
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