 Question 1
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | It is an HRM objective to help a firm to achieve some degree of social legitimacy that can be best achieved through:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | All of the above. | Correct Answer: | All of the above. | | | | |
 Question 2
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | As far as cost-effectiveness is concerned, the purpose of HRM is to:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Make labour productive at an affordable cost, in a specific industry. | Correct Answer: | Make labour productive at an affordable cost, in a specific industry. | | | | |
 Question 3
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | HRM is relevant for the following categories of employees:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | All of the above. | Correct Answer: | All of the above. | | | | |
 Question 4
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Which one of the following is not an HRM related activity:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Product design. | Correct Answer: | Product design. | | | | |
 Question 5
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Examples of HRM activities that may aid long run agility are:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Being able to change HRM activities quickly, | Correct Answer: | Being able to change HRM activities quickly, | | | | |
 Question 6
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | HRM encompasses:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Both a) and b) | Correct Answer: | Both a) and b) | | | | |
 Question 7
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | People perform at their best when they have the ability, motivation and [blank] to do so: | | | | | Selected Answer: | People perform at their best when they have the ability, motivation and Opportunity to do so: | | Correct Answer: | People perform at their best when they have the ability, motivation and Opportunity to do so: | | | | | |
 Question 8
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | One way an organisation might seek to ensure it’s Socio-legitimacy with regard to HRM is to:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | To become a ‘family-friendly’ company, | Correct Answer: | To become a ‘family-friendly’ company, | | | | |
 Question 9
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | In order for a firm to be economically viable, management needs to establish a system for managing work and people that is:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Cost-effective. | Correct Answer: | Cost-effective. | | | | |
 Question 10
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | The term “organisational flexibility” entails:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Both short-run responsiveness and long-run agility. | Correct Answer: | Both short-run responsiveness and long-run agility. | | | | |
 Question 11
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | HRM contributes to the organisations’ capacity to adapt to organisational change by:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Developing the ability of the organisation to be flexible, | Correct Answer: | Developing the ability of the organisation to be flexible, | | | | |
 Question 12
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Employment policy and practices includes:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | All of the above. | Correct Answer: | All of the above. | | | | |
 Question 13
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | As routinisation of jobs increases, authority and [__________] become attributes of the top positions. | | | | | Selected Answer: | As routinisation of jobs increases, authority and Autonomy become attributes of the top positions. | | Correct Answer: | As routinisation of jobs increases, authority and Autonomy become attributes of the top positions. | | | | | |
 Question 14
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Contemporary organizational culture requires workers to:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | a. and b. | Correct Answer: | a. and b. | | | | |
 Question 15
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | The rise of the salatariat was made possible by:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | The appearance of large bureaucracies. | Correct Answer: | The appearance of large bureaucracies. | | | | |
 Question 16
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | In the contemporary workplace:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | All of the above. | Correct Answer: | All of the above. | | | | |
 Question 17
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | In contemporary workplaces people expect:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | To have little job security, | Correct Answer: | To have little job security, | | | | |
 Question 18
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Successful salatariat are:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Professionals located in the middle of the organization, | Correct Answer: | Professionals located in the middle of the organization, | | | | |
 Question 19
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Contemporary organization culture is communicated through:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | All of the above. | Correct Answer: | All of the above. | | | | |
 Question 20
0 out of 0.5 points | | | According to Castells, economic activity is becoming more:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Global, | Correct Answer: | All of the above | | | | |
 Question 21
0 out of 0.5 points | | | Critics of Bell’s idea that work in a post-industrial society will become more information intensive suggest that:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Information-based wok can still be repetitive, | Correct Answer: | a. and b. | | | | |
 Question 22
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Routine workers rely mainly on:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Embodied and embedded knowledge, | Correct Answer: | Embodied and embedded knowledge, | | | | |
 Question 23
0 out of 0.5 points | | | Nonaka’s knowledge spiral is created through the interrelationship between:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Explicit knowledge and Internalisation, | Correct Answer: | Explicit knowledge and Implicit knowledge. | | | | |
 Question 24
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Entrepenuerial professional’s work can be distinguished by the fact:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | They aggressively market themselves as purveyors of specialist expertise that can solve organizational problems, | Correct Answer: | They aggressively market themselves as purveyors of specialist expertise that can solve organizational problems, | | | | |
 Question 25
0 out of 0.5 points | | | Knowledge capture aims to develop:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Embrained knowledge, | Correct Answer: | Explicit knowledge, | | | | |
 Question 26
0 out of 0.5 points | | | Emotional labour has which of the following features:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Rules are laid down by management. | Correct Answer: | a. and c. | | | | |
 Question 27
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Liberal/Independent professional work can be characterized as:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | a. and b., | Correct Answer: | a. and b., | | | | |
 Question 28
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | The service sector is characterized by:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | All of the above. | Correct Answer: | All of the above. | | | | |
 Question 29
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Critics of knowledge work suggest that:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Both a. and b. | Correct Answer: | Both a. and b. | | | | |
 Question 30
0.5 out of 0.5 points | | | Knowledge capture can give an organization:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | A competitive edge, | Correct Answer: | A competitive edge, | | | | |