Test Bank for Canadian Human Resource Management, 12th Canadian Edition by Schiwnd

Chapter 01 - Strategic Human Resource Management


Chapter 01
Strategic Human Resource Management




True / False Questions


1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
TRUE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Discuss the objectives of human resource management.
Topic: 01-01 What is Human Resource Management?



2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes that human
resource management aims to support and enable.
TRUE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Discuss the objectives of human resource management.
Topic: 01-01 What is Human Resource Management?



3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals, product-
market plans, technology, and innovation.
FALSE


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Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Discuss the objectives of human resource management.
Topic: 01-01 What is Human Resource Management?




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4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations have a
dedicated human resource department.
FALSE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Discuss the objectives of human resource management.
Topic: 01-02 The Difference between Human Resource Management and a Human Resource Department



5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR related
tasks.
TRUE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 Discuss the objectives of human resource management.
Topic: 01-01 What is Human Resource Management?



6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business activity,
and employee.
FALSE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-03 Strategic Human Resource Management



7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in many
organizations.
FALSE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-03 Strategic Human Resource Management




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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


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process



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


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process



10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across the
country.
FALSE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process



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


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Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process




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12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and multicultural
population.
FALSE


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process



13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes through
organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
FALSE


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Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process



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


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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process



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


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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify steps in strategic management of human resources.
Topic: 01-04 Understanding the Strategic Human Resource Management Process




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