Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
TEST BANK and SOLUTIONS
for Canadian Human Resource
Management
12th Canadian Edition
by Hermann Schwind, Krista Uggerslev,
Terry Wagar, Neil Fassina
, Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
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.
FALSE:
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:
, Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
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:
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:
15. Firms with non routine 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:
16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective knowledge
management.
TRUE:
17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth in
Canada.
FALSE:
, Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries has
increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
TRUE:
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only in
North America.
FALSE:
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to face
challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
TRUE:
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular
job.
FALSE:
22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
FALSE:
23. The set of employability skills identified by the Corporate Council on Education consist
of basic academic skills, personal management skills, and teamwork skills
TRUE:
24. The aging population impacts human resource management the same way across all
geographical locations.
FALSE:
25. The growing population of youth workers entering the Canadian workforce has
implications for Canada on a global scale.
FALSE:
26. In today's workplace, leaders may be faced with up to five generations of workers-
Generation Z, Generation Y, Generation X, Baby boomers, and Traditionalists.
TRUE:
27. Cultural forces are challenges facing a firm's decision makers because of cultural
differences among employees or changes in core cultural or social values occurring at the
societal level.
TRUE:
TEST BANK and SOLUTIONS
for Canadian Human Resource
Management
12th Canadian Edition
by Hermann Schwind, Krista Uggerslev,
Terry Wagar, Neil Fassina
, Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
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.
FALSE:
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:
, Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
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:
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:
15. Firms with non routine 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:
16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective knowledge
management.
TRUE:
17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth in
Canada.
FALSE:
, Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Canadian Edition Schwind
18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries has
increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
TRUE:
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only in
North America.
FALSE:
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to face
challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
TRUE:
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular
job.
FALSE:
22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
FALSE:
23. The set of employability skills identified by the Corporate Council on Education consist
of basic academic skills, personal management skills, and teamwork skills
TRUE:
24. The aging population impacts human resource management the same way across all
geographical locations.
FALSE:
25. The growing population of youth workers entering the Canadian workforce has
implications for Canada on a global scale.
FALSE:
26. In today's workplace, leaders may be faced with up to five generations of workers-
Generation Z, Generation Y, Generation X, Baby boomers, and Traditionalists.
TRUE:
27. Cultural forces are challenges facing a firm's decision makers because of cultural
differences among employees or changes in core cultural or social values occurring at the
societal level.
TRUE:
