BMAL 590 Human Resource Management (Latest 2024/
2025 Update) Qs & As|| 100% Correct| Grade A
(Verified Answers)
HRM Strategy - ANSWERThe plan that integrates HRM objectives, policies, and
procedures
HRM Objectives - ANSWERThe ends an HRM department attempts to accomplish.
Some are well trained and well motivated employees, communication HRM policies
to employees, employ the skills and abilities of the workforce efficiently.
HRM policy - ANSWERA general guide to decision making in important decision areas
HRM procedure - ANSWERA specific direction to action. It tells a person how to do a
particular activity.
External environmental influences - ANSWERGovernment requirements, laws,
regulations, the union, economic conditions/domestic and international,
competitiveness, composition of the labor force, location of the organization.
Productivity - ANSWERThe output of goods and services per unit of input of
resources used in a production process.
Internal environmental influences - ANSWERStrategy, goals, organizational culture,
nature of the task, work group, leader's style and experience
Strategy - ANSWERWhat an organization's key executives hope to accomplish in the
long run.
Diversity - ANSWERA condition that describes the variety of people who make up the
contemporary workforce. (Hispanic, Caucasians, etc.) Any mix of themes
characterized by differences and similarities.
Skill gap - ANSWERThe mismatch between the high skill demands of jobs and the
lack of qualifications of job applicants.
Restructuring - ANSWERchanging the reporting and authority relationships within a
firm. A layer of hierarchy may be eliminated, reporting relationships changed, or a
new subsidiary may be created to conduct business in a new market or new location.
Downsizing - ANSWERA reduction in a company's workforce
Contingent workers - ANSWERThese include temporaries, part-timers, contract,
leased (outsourced), and other workers who are hired to handle extra job tasks or
workolads
,Motivation - ANSWERThe attitudes that predispose a person to act in a specific goal-
directed way. It is an internal state that directs a person's behavior.
Personality - ANSWERThe characteristic way a person thinks and behaves in
adjusting to his or her environment. It includes the person's traits, values, motives,
genetic blueprint, attitudes, abilities, and behavior patterns.
Work Group - ANSWERTwo or more people who work together to accomplish a goal
and who communicate and interact with each other
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act - ANSWERAn important law that prohibits
employers, unions, employment agencies, and joint labor-management committees
controlling apprenticeship or training programs from discriminating on the basis of
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
*Disparate Treatment - ANSWERIntentional discrimination when employers apply
different standards or treatment to different groups of employees or applicants
based on a protected category - race, color, religion, sex, national origin.
"Bona fide occupational qualifications" (BFOQ) - ANSWERA defense against
discrimination only where age, sex, religion, or national origin is an actual
qualification to perform the job.
*Disparate impact - ANSWERUnintentional discrimination when a racially neutral
employment practice has the effect of disproportionately excluding a group based
upon a protected category.
Sexual harassment - ANSWERUnwelcome sexual attention that causes the recipient
distress and results in an inability on the part of the recipient to effectively perform
the job.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 - ANSWERThis law makes it illegal to
discriminate on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions in
employment decisions.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - ANSWERAllows for compensatory and punitive damages in
intentional discrimination cases; allows for jury trials when damages are sought.
Equal Pay Act - ANSWERThis act requires equal pay for equal work performed by
men and women.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ANSWERAn act that is enforced by the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). It requires that all employers with
government contracts of $2,500 or more set up affirmative action programs for
persons who are disabled.
, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008 -
ANSWERUpdated version of the 1990 Act where it expands the definition of major
life activities, major bodily functions, excludes consideration of mitigating measures
and identified reoccurring health issues.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - ANSWERThe Civil Rights Act,
Title VII, 1964 gave the EEOC limited powers to resolve charges of discrimination and
interpret the meaning of Title VII. In 1972, Congress gave the EEOC the power to sue
employers in the federal courts.
Affirmative action - ANSWERPreferential treatment in hiring, recruitment,
promotion, and development for groups that have been discriminated against.
Multinational corporation - ANSWERAn international organization with operations
that are defined by national boundaries to a greater extent than in a global
corporation.
*Global corporation - ANSWERA corporation with a geocentric HRM perspective.
National boundaries are ignored and HRM is viewed as a way of integrating
operations all over the world.
*Host country nationals (HCNs) - ANSWERAn employee of an international
organization who is from the local workforce rather than being from the parent
country of the organization.
*Parent country nationals (PCNs) - ANSWERAn employee from the corporation's
home country who is on assignment in another country. Usually called an expatriate.
*Third country nationals (TCNs) - ANSWERAn employee working for an international
organization who is from a country other than the parent country of the organization
or the host country in which the assignment is located.
*Ethnocentric perspective - ANSWERA view of HRM whereby an organization thinks
that the way of doing things in the parent country is the best way, no matter where
the business is done.
*Geocentric orientation - ANSWERA view of HRM whereby nationality is ignored and
managers are hired on the basis of qualifications.
Transitional HRM system - ANSWERDesigned to recruit, develop, retain and utilize
managers who can work successfully in many different capacities with people from
different cultures.
Expatriate manager - ANSWERA manager who is on assignment in a country other
than the parent country of the organization. This person is also called a parent
country national (PCN)
2025 Update) Qs & As|| 100% Correct| Grade A
(Verified Answers)
HRM Strategy - ANSWERThe plan that integrates HRM objectives, policies, and
procedures
HRM Objectives - ANSWERThe ends an HRM department attempts to accomplish.
Some are well trained and well motivated employees, communication HRM policies
to employees, employ the skills and abilities of the workforce efficiently.
HRM policy - ANSWERA general guide to decision making in important decision areas
HRM procedure - ANSWERA specific direction to action. It tells a person how to do a
particular activity.
External environmental influences - ANSWERGovernment requirements, laws,
regulations, the union, economic conditions/domestic and international,
competitiveness, composition of the labor force, location of the organization.
Productivity - ANSWERThe output of goods and services per unit of input of
resources used in a production process.
Internal environmental influences - ANSWERStrategy, goals, organizational culture,
nature of the task, work group, leader's style and experience
Strategy - ANSWERWhat an organization's key executives hope to accomplish in the
long run.
Diversity - ANSWERA condition that describes the variety of people who make up the
contemporary workforce. (Hispanic, Caucasians, etc.) Any mix of themes
characterized by differences and similarities.
Skill gap - ANSWERThe mismatch between the high skill demands of jobs and the
lack of qualifications of job applicants.
Restructuring - ANSWERchanging the reporting and authority relationships within a
firm. A layer of hierarchy may be eliminated, reporting relationships changed, or a
new subsidiary may be created to conduct business in a new market or new location.
Downsizing - ANSWERA reduction in a company's workforce
Contingent workers - ANSWERThese include temporaries, part-timers, contract,
leased (outsourced), and other workers who are hired to handle extra job tasks or
workolads
,Motivation - ANSWERThe attitudes that predispose a person to act in a specific goal-
directed way. It is an internal state that directs a person's behavior.
Personality - ANSWERThe characteristic way a person thinks and behaves in
adjusting to his or her environment. It includes the person's traits, values, motives,
genetic blueprint, attitudes, abilities, and behavior patterns.
Work Group - ANSWERTwo or more people who work together to accomplish a goal
and who communicate and interact with each other
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act - ANSWERAn important law that prohibits
employers, unions, employment agencies, and joint labor-management committees
controlling apprenticeship or training programs from discriminating on the basis of
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
*Disparate Treatment - ANSWERIntentional discrimination when employers apply
different standards or treatment to different groups of employees or applicants
based on a protected category - race, color, religion, sex, national origin.
"Bona fide occupational qualifications" (BFOQ) - ANSWERA defense against
discrimination only where age, sex, religion, or national origin is an actual
qualification to perform the job.
*Disparate impact - ANSWERUnintentional discrimination when a racially neutral
employment practice has the effect of disproportionately excluding a group based
upon a protected category.
Sexual harassment - ANSWERUnwelcome sexual attention that causes the recipient
distress and results in an inability on the part of the recipient to effectively perform
the job.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 - ANSWERThis law makes it illegal to
discriminate on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions in
employment decisions.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - ANSWERAllows for compensatory and punitive damages in
intentional discrimination cases; allows for jury trials when damages are sought.
Equal Pay Act - ANSWERThis act requires equal pay for equal work performed by
men and women.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ANSWERAn act that is enforced by the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). It requires that all employers with
government contracts of $2,500 or more set up affirmative action programs for
persons who are disabled.
, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008 -
ANSWERUpdated version of the 1990 Act where it expands the definition of major
life activities, major bodily functions, excludes consideration of mitigating measures
and identified reoccurring health issues.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - ANSWERThe Civil Rights Act,
Title VII, 1964 gave the EEOC limited powers to resolve charges of discrimination and
interpret the meaning of Title VII. In 1972, Congress gave the EEOC the power to sue
employers in the federal courts.
Affirmative action - ANSWERPreferential treatment in hiring, recruitment,
promotion, and development for groups that have been discriminated against.
Multinational corporation - ANSWERAn international organization with operations
that are defined by national boundaries to a greater extent than in a global
corporation.
*Global corporation - ANSWERA corporation with a geocentric HRM perspective.
National boundaries are ignored and HRM is viewed as a way of integrating
operations all over the world.
*Host country nationals (HCNs) - ANSWERAn employee of an international
organization who is from the local workforce rather than being from the parent
country of the organization.
*Parent country nationals (PCNs) - ANSWERAn employee from the corporation's
home country who is on assignment in another country. Usually called an expatriate.
*Third country nationals (TCNs) - ANSWERAn employee working for an international
organization who is from a country other than the parent country of the organization
or the host country in which the assignment is located.
*Ethnocentric perspective - ANSWERA view of HRM whereby an organization thinks
that the way of doing things in the parent country is the best way, no matter where
the business is done.
*Geocentric orientation - ANSWERA view of HRM whereby nationality is ignored and
managers are hired on the basis of qualifications.
Transitional HRM system - ANSWERDesigned to recruit, develop, retain and utilize
managers who can work successfully in many different capacities with people from
different cultures.
Expatriate manager - ANSWERA manager who is on assignment in a country other
than the parent country of the organization. This person is also called a parent
country national (PCN)
