MGMT 3860 HRM CHAP 1, MGMT 3860 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Many businesses consider that improvements to reputation, productivity, talent
acquision, employee retention and engagement, etc. are additional payoffs for
sustainable business practices. True or False
True
Organizations strive to retain talented workers in a hot job market by offering
them which of the following?
A. Coordination and control
B. Total quality, management
C. Unity of command
D. Flexible work schedules
D. Flexible work schedules
In a ___________, teams of specialist come together to work on a project then
disband when finished
Virtual organization
The challenge, opportunity, and also frustration of creating and managing
organizations often comes from the __________ problems that arise within them.
People
Management systems that create profit through people include which of the
following:
A. Extensive training
,B. Random hiring
C. Centralize design
D. Employment security.
Check all that apply
A. Extensive training and
D. employment security
The most central use of technology in human resource management is an
organization's what?
Human Resource information system
There is a substantial and growing body of evidence showing a strong
connection between how firms __________ and the economic results they
achieve.
Manage their people
What is the 3C logic that dominated industrial societies approach to
organizational design in the 19th and 20th century?
Command, compartmentalized information, and control
The focus for the 21st-century organization is like a Web, a flat intricately woven
form that links partners, employees, external contractors, suppliers, and
customers in various collaborations. True or false
True
One way to encourage managers to deal with present and future sustainability
issues is to do what?
Tie executive compensation to sustainability goals and results
, Managers must be concerned with what when it comes to managing people?
development, managing change, retention and judgment
Quality of work life depends a lot on what workers want. What is the main
requirement of workers in the US?
Competitive base pay
The HR competency consultation means what?
The ability to provide guidance to organizational stakeholders
Theoretically, quality of work life involves giving workers the opportunity to make
decisions about the design of their jobs and workplace. What workers want varies
by country. Chinese workers value what
Chances to learn
Which trends are going into the 21st-century?
1. A shift away from vertically integrated hierarchies.
2. A decline in routine work.
What is the plan elimination of positions or jobs?
Downsizing
What is Six sigma?
The goal is to reduce variability from a process in order to avoid errors increase
predictability
Managers must optimize all resources available to them the most important are
Material, capital and human
When productivity increases businesses can pay higher wages without
increasing what?
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Many businesses consider that improvements to reputation, productivity, talent
acquision, employee retention and engagement, etc. are additional payoffs for
sustainable business practices. True or False
True
Organizations strive to retain talented workers in a hot job market by offering
them which of the following?
A. Coordination and control
B. Total quality, management
C. Unity of command
D. Flexible work schedules
D. Flexible work schedules
In a ___________, teams of specialist come together to work on a project then
disband when finished
Virtual organization
The challenge, opportunity, and also frustration of creating and managing
organizations often comes from the __________ problems that arise within them.
People
Management systems that create profit through people include which of the
following:
A. Extensive training
,B. Random hiring
C. Centralize design
D. Employment security.
Check all that apply
A. Extensive training and
D. employment security
The most central use of technology in human resource management is an
organization's what?
Human Resource information system
There is a substantial and growing body of evidence showing a strong
connection between how firms __________ and the economic results they
achieve.
Manage their people
What is the 3C logic that dominated industrial societies approach to
organizational design in the 19th and 20th century?
Command, compartmentalized information, and control
The focus for the 21st-century organization is like a Web, a flat intricately woven
form that links partners, employees, external contractors, suppliers, and
customers in various collaborations. True or false
True
One way to encourage managers to deal with present and future sustainability
issues is to do what?
Tie executive compensation to sustainability goals and results
, Managers must be concerned with what when it comes to managing people?
development, managing change, retention and judgment
Quality of work life depends a lot on what workers want. What is the main
requirement of workers in the US?
Competitive base pay
The HR competency consultation means what?
The ability to provide guidance to organizational stakeholders
Theoretically, quality of work life involves giving workers the opportunity to make
decisions about the design of their jobs and workplace. What workers want varies
by country. Chinese workers value what
Chances to learn
Which trends are going into the 21st-century?
1. A shift away from vertically integrated hierarchies.
2. A decline in routine work.
What is the plan elimination of positions or jobs?
Downsizing
What is Six sigma?
The goal is to reduce variability from a process in order to avoid errors increase
predictability
Managers must optimize all resources available to them the most important are
Material, capital and human
When productivity increases businesses can pay higher wages without
increasing what?
