Test Bank for Canadian Human Resource Management, 13th Edition by Hermann Schwind

, Test bank Human Resource Management 13Ed
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1. People are the commonhy h y hy h y element in all social hy hy h y h y organizations.



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2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term goals
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that humanresourcemanagement aims to support and enable.
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3. The field of human resource management is not related to key
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organizational goals,product-market plans, technology, and
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innovation.
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4. Human resource management is central to all organizations and
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all organizationshave adedicated human resource
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department.
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True False


5. A new venture or micro-business would initially have the entrepreneur perform HR
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related tasks.
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True False

,6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a
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major businessactivity, andemployee.
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True False


7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating
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expenses inmanyorganizations.
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True False


8. Using thefocus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market. The firm
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may competeon the basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
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True False


9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly
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consider their employees,such as a strategy to become one of Canada's
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"Top 50 Best Managed Companies."
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True False


10. Boom and bust economic cycles are experienced the same across the
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True False


11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including
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historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's
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own competitiveness and productivitylevels.
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True False

, 12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical
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location and multi-culturalpopulation.
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True False


13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes through
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organizations likethe International Association for Six Sigma
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True False


14. Recruitingordeveloping innovative staff to createacultureofinnovation
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within theorganizationis an example of a progressive human
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resource strategy.
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True False


15. In firms with non-routine production processes (such as advertising firms or
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hysoftware developers),flexible
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h ycreativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship may add more value.
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16. Knowledge h y Management h y is an h y h y outcome of digital information systems.
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17. All service industries combined currently account for more than 75% of
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the grossdomesticproduct (GDP) in Canada.
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True False