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,TEST BANK AND SOLUTION MANUAL FOR CANADIAN HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT 12TH CANADIAN EDITION
Chapter
01 Strategic Human Resource
Management
True / False Questions
1.People are the common element in all social organizations.
TRUE
2.Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term
outcomes that human resource management aims to support and
enable.
TRUE
3.The field of human resource management is unrelated to key
organizational goals, product- market plans, technology, and innovation.
FALSE
4.Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all
organizations have a dedicated human resource department.
FALSE
5.A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur
perform HR related tasks.
TRUE
6.Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a
major business activity, and employee.
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,FALSE
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, 7.Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating
expenses in many organizations.
FALSE
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
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
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the
way same across the country.
FALSE
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
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical
location and multicultural population.
FALSE
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization
processes through organizations like the International Association
for Six Sigma Certification. FALSE
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,TEST BANK AND SOLUTION MANUAL FOR CANADIAN HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT 12TH CANADIAN EDITION
Chapter
01 Strategic Human Resource
Management
True / False Questions
1.People are the common element in all social organizations.
TRUE
2.Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term
outcomes that human resource management aims to support and
enable.
TRUE
3.The field of human resource management is unrelated to key
organizational goals, product- market plans, technology, and innovation.
FALSE
4.Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all
organizations have a dedicated human resource department.
FALSE
5.A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur
perform HR related tasks.
TRUE
6.Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a
major business activity, and employee.
1-2
,FALSE
1-3
, 7.Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating
expenses in many organizations.
FALSE
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
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
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the
way same across the country.
FALSE
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
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical
location and multicultural population.
FALSE
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization
processes through organizations like the International Association
for Six Sigma Certification. FALSE
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