Test Bank And Solutions Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Edition 12ce By Schwind Questions With Updated Solutions

Chapter 01 Strategic Human Resource Management True / False Questions 1. People are the common element in all social organizations. TRUE 2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes that human resource management aims to support and enable. TRUE 3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals, product- market plans, technology, and innovation. FALSE 4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations have a dedicated human resource department. FALSE 5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR related tasks. TRUE 6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business activity, and employee. FALSE 7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in many organizations. FALSE 8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing on the basis of either differentiation or cost leadership. TRUE 9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider their employees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Managed Companies." TRUE 10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across the country. FALSE 11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness and productivity levels. FALSE 12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and multicultural population. FALSE 13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes through organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification. FALSE 14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation within the organization is an example of a progressive human resource strategy. TRUE 15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit more from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance. TRUE 16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective knowledge management. TRUE 17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth in Canada. FALSE 18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries has increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations. TRUE 19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only in North America. FALSE 20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to face challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge. TRUE 21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job. FALSE 22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy. FALSE 23. The set of employability skills identified by the Corporate Council on Education consist of basic academic skills, personal management skills, and teamwork skills TRUE 24. The aging population impacts human resource management the same way across all geographical locations. FALSE 25. The growing population of youth workers entering the Canadian workforce has implications for Canada on a global scale. FALSE 26. In today's workplace, leaders may be faced with up to five generations of workers- Generation Z, Generation Y, Generation X, Baby boomers, and Traditionalists. TRUE 27. Cultural forces are challenges facing a firm's decision makers because of cultural differences among employees or changes in core cultural or social values occurring at the societal level. TRUE 28. Canada continues to be a two-language nation, where the majority of Canadians have either English or French as their mother tongue. FALSE 29. In the discussion of ethics, there are 3 approaches to determine "Right" behaviour in ambiguous situations. The 3 approaches are: universalistic, conformist, and subjectivist. FALSE 30. Ethical issues confronting Canadian firms today include issues such as sexual harassment, cyber espionage, and avoiding conflicts of interest. TRUE When objectives can be achieved in several acceptable ways, the key to success is choosing the path that best aligns with individual stakeholder needs. FALSE 31. HR practices such as seniority- and rank-based pay and top-down communication channels are likely to work best when organizations consciously make an effort to create an egalitarian, participative, and entrepreneurial work climate. FALSE 32. Performance fassessments findicate fhow fwell fhuman fresource factivities fhave fbeen fcarried fout, fsince fpoor fperformance fmight fmean fthat fselection for ftraining factivities fneed fto fbe fredesigned. TRUE 33. Without fa ffuture forientation, fhuman fresources fdepartments fbecome fproactive, fallowing fminor fproblems fto fbecome fmajor fones. FALSE 34. Human fResource faudits fcan fbe fperformed ffor fone fdivision for fan fentire fcompany. TRUE 35. Human fresource fmanagers fmust fconstantly fscan ftheir fprofessional fand fsocial fenvironment ffor fclues fabout fthe ffuture. TRUE 36. As fan forganization fbecomes fmore fcomplex fand fdepartments fexpand, fdepartments falso fbecome fless fspecialized. FALSE 37. When fa fhuman fresources fdepartment ffirst femerges, fit fis ftypically fsmall fand freports fto fa fsenior-level fmanager. FALSE 38. Human fresource fmanagers fdo fnot fhave fthe fauthority fto forder fother fmanagers fin fother fdepartments fto faccept ftheir fideas. TRUE 39. In fhighly ftechnical for fextremely froutine fsituations, fthe fhuman fresources fdepartment fmay fbe fgiven ffunctional fauthority, fallowing fthem fto fmake fdecisions fusually fmade fby fline fmanagers for ftop fmanagement. TRUE 40. Human fresource fprofessionals fneed fto fbe fwell fversed fin fdata-driven fdecision fmaking fand ffinancial foperations. TRUE 41. The fCertified fHuman fResources fProfessional f(CHRP) faccreditation fis fgranted fby feach fprovincial fHR fassociation. FALSE Multiple fChoice fQuestions 43. Recent fchanges fto fold fage fsecurity fforces fworkers fto fwait funtil fwhat fage fto fclaim fold fage fsecurity? A. 60 B. 63 C. 65 D. 67 E. 69 44. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fa fpossible foutcome fof femployers finstalling fworkout ffacilities fwithin fthe forganization's fphysical fspace? A. an fdecrease fin femployee fmorale B. an fincrease fin fhealth fbenefits fclaims C. A fdecrease fin fexpenses fassociated fwith fsick fdays D. an fincrease fin fmarriage frates fbetween femployees E. an fincrease fin fthe fnumber fof femployees fleaving fthe foffice fearly 45. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fthe fproduct fof fall fof fan forganization's ffeatures fand fhow fthey fare farranged? A. organizational fstructure B. organizational fculture C. organizational fhierarchy D. organizational fstrategy E. organizational fobjectives 46. Which fof fthe ffollowing fcredentialing fbodies fis fresponsible ffor faccrediting fHR fprofessionals fin fOntario? A. Chartered fProfessional finhuman fResources B. International fAssociation ffor fSix fSigma fCertification C. Human fResource fProfessional fAssociation D. International fPersonnel fManagement fAssociation E. Organisation ffor fEconomic fCo-operation fand fDevelopment 47. Which fof fthe ffollowing ftasks fmight fa fhuman fresources fmanager fhave fto fcarry fout fduring fa frecessionary fperiod? A. retraining fstaff B. implementing femployee flayoffs C. creating fa fculture fof finnovation fwithin fthe forganization D. recruiting femployees fwith fnew fskill fsets E. focus fonly fon feconomic fforces fat fthe flocal flevel 48. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fa fmajor fgroup fof fhuman fresource factivities fthat fthe fhuman fresource fdepartment fmust fcontinually ffocus fon? A. sourcing fa fnew fbuilding fto fmove finto B. adjusting forganizational fmission C. conducting fan fenvironmental fscan D. analyzing forganizational fculture E. motivating femployees