HR MIDTERM - BU354 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Human resources management (HRM) - Ans the management of people in organizations to
drive successful organizational performance and achievement of the organization's strategic
goals
Human capital - Ans the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of an
organization's workforce
Scientific management - Ans the process of scientifically analyzing manufacturing processes,
reducing production costs, and compensating employees based on their performance levels
Human resources movement - Ans a management philosophy focusing on concern for people
and productivity
Outsourcing - Ans the practice of contracting with outside vendors to handle specified
business functions on a permanent basis
Authority - Ans the right to make decisions, direct others' work, and give orders
Line authority - Ans the authority exerted by an HR manager by directing the activities of the
people in his or her own business unit, department, or service area
Staff authority - Ans staff authority gives the manager the right (authority) to advise other
managers or employees
, Line manager - Ans a manager who is authorized to direct the work of subordinates and is
responsible for accomplishing the organization's tasks
Staff manager - Ans a manager who assists and advises line managers
employee engagement - Ans the emotional and intellectual involvement of employees in their
work, such as intensity, focus, and involvement in his or her job and organization
Strategy - Ans the company's plan for how it will balance its internal strengths and weaknesses
with external opportunities and threats to maintain a competitive advantage
Change agents - Ans specialists who lead the organization and its employees through
organizational change
Environmental scanning - Ans identifying and analyzing external opportunities and threats that
may be crucial to the organization's success
Evidence-based HRM - Ans use of data, facts, analytics, scientific rigor, critical evaluation, and
critically evaluated research/case studies to support human resource management proposals,
decisions, practices, and conclusions
Metrics - Ans statistics used to measure activities and results
Balanced scorecard - Ans a measurement system that translates an organizations strategy into
a comprehensive set of performance measures
Certification - Ans recognition for having met certain professional standards
, Social responsibility - Ans the implied, enforced, or felt obligation of managers, acting in their
official capacities, to serve or protect the interests of groups other than themselves
Productivity - Ans the ratio of an organization's outputs to its inputs
Primary sector - Ans jobs in agriculture, fishing and trapping, forestry, and mining
Secondary sector - Ans jobs in manufacturing and construction
Tertiary or service sector - Ans jobs in public administration, personal and business services,
finance, trade, public utilities, and transportation/ communications
Contingent/non-standard workers - Ans Workers who do not have regular full-time
employment status
Globalization - Ans the emergence of a single global market for most products and services
Organizational culture - Ans the core value, beliefs and assumptions that are widely shared by
members of an organization
Organizational climate - Ans the prevailing atmosphere that exists in an organization and its
impact on employees
Empowerment - Ans providing workers with the skills and authority to make decisions that
would traditionally be made by managers
Traditionalist (1922-1945) - Ans grew up in an era of hardship, including a war and the Great
Depression
NEWEST RATED A+ 2025/2026 UPDATED WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION NEW!!
Human resources management (HRM) - Ans the management of people in organizations to
drive successful organizational performance and achievement of the organization's strategic
goals
Human capital - Ans the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of an
organization's workforce
Scientific management - Ans the process of scientifically analyzing manufacturing processes,
reducing production costs, and compensating employees based on their performance levels
Human resources movement - Ans a management philosophy focusing on concern for people
and productivity
Outsourcing - Ans the practice of contracting with outside vendors to handle specified
business functions on a permanent basis
Authority - Ans the right to make decisions, direct others' work, and give orders
Line authority - Ans the authority exerted by an HR manager by directing the activities of the
people in his or her own business unit, department, or service area
Staff authority - Ans staff authority gives the manager the right (authority) to advise other
managers or employees
, Line manager - Ans a manager who is authorized to direct the work of subordinates and is
responsible for accomplishing the organization's tasks
Staff manager - Ans a manager who assists and advises line managers
employee engagement - Ans the emotional and intellectual involvement of employees in their
work, such as intensity, focus, and involvement in his or her job and organization
Strategy - Ans the company's plan for how it will balance its internal strengths and weaknesses
with external opportunities and threats to maintain a competitive advantage
Change agents - Ans specialists who lead the organization and its employees through
organizational change
Environmental scanning - Ans identifying and analyzing external opportunities and threats that
may be crucial to the organization's success
Evidence-based HRM - Ans use of data, facts, analytics, scientific rigor, critical evaluation, and
critically evaluated research/case studies to support human resource management proposals,
decisions, practices, and conclusions
Metrics - Ans statistics used to measure activities and results
Balanced scorecard - Ans a measurement system that translates an organizations strategy into
a comprehensive set of performance measures
Certification - Ans recognition for having met certain professional standards
, Social responsibility - Ans the implied, enforced, or felt obligation of managers, acting in their
official capacities, to serve or protect the interests of groups other than themselves
Productivity - Ans the ratio of an organization's outputs to its inputs
Primary sector - Ans jobs in agriculture, fishing and trapping, forestry, and mining
Secondary sector - Ans jobs in manufacturing and construction
Tertiary or service sector - Ans jobs in public administration, personal and business services,
finance, trade, public utilities, and transportation/ communications
Contingent/non-standard workers - Ans Workers who do not have regular full-time
employment status
Globalization - Ans the emergence of a single global market for most products and services
Organizational culture - Ans the core value, beliefs and assumptions that are widely shared by
members of an organization
Organizational climate - Ans the prevailing atmosphere that exists in an organization and its
impact on employees
Empowerment - Ans providing workers with the skills and authority to make decisions that
would traditionally be made by managers
Traditionalist (1922-1945) - Ans grew up in an era of hardship, including a war and the Great
Depression
