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Aspects of staffing - class-XII

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HRM is concerned with?

  1. Workers

  2. Managers

  3. Field staff

  4. All employees


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following responsibilities are specifically associated with the HR function of employee relations?

  1. Conducting attitude surveys

  2. Work analysis

  3. HR information systems

  4. Job design


Correct Option: A

HR Managers are generally

  1. Staff Managers

  2. Line Manager

  3. Operational Manager

  4. Top Executive


Correct Option: A

Strategic human resource management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through ______.

  1. price

  2. product

  3. people

  4. process


Correct Option: C

A job specification is defined as ______________.

  1. scientific vocational selection

  2. catalogue of various qualities which a person doing a job should possess

  3. the right type of men should be put on different positions in a concern

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When there is a vacancy for any position in the business, the firm intends to fill this position through internal or external source of recruitment. when the employer takes out vacancy, it specifies the kind of work, qualifications, experience and other qualities required in the employee. This is known as job specification. This is made to get the best applications to choose from for the position. 

HR Department maintains ________ records.

  1. Employee

  2. Sales

  3. Production

  4. Inventory


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Human resource department deals with effective management of the employees. It records everything about the employees, their performance, skills, kind of job performed, contribution to growth, decisions taken, etc. Evaluating these the managers decides about the salary and wages, increment and promotion, requirement of skills for the performing a task. 

Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the best-practice approach to HRM in organizations?

  1. Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource-intensive

  2. Because there are many variations in the literature and empirical research as to what constitutes best-practice

  3. Because the best-practice approach would not fit the cost-reduction driven strategies favoured by many short term economies.

  4. Because the best-practice approach does not emphasize the individual business context.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Best practice method claims that there is a certain bunch of activities that the HR performs which is universally accepted for getting a competitive advantage irrespective of the organisational settings. 

In this method common methods are followed which are used by businesses with huge resources, the capacity to arrange for and use such amount of resources is not possible for all the organisations. It works on the principle of "one size fits all" which does not fit the need of the employees and the strategies of the organisation. 

Out of these which is not a function normally performed by the HR department? 

  1. Recruitment and selection

  2. Pay and reward

  3. Accounting

  4. Employee relations


Correct Option: C

The human resources in an organization are best described as the ones who ______.

  1. justify their pay and benefits

  2. design and deliver products and services to customers

  3. are hard to quantify in terms of costs and benefits

  4. usually regarded as expenses by financial managers


Correct Option: B

The human resource approach to people management utilized a number of principles that differentiated it from other approaches. Which principles are considered the basis for the human resource approach?

  1. Employees are investments that if effectively managed and developed can provide long term rewards to a company.

  2. Policies, programmes and practices must be created that satisfy both the economic and emotional needs of employees

  3. A working environment must be created that encourages employees to develop and utilize their skills

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Personnel department is concerned with _________.

  1. manpower planning

  2. development of the organization

  3. training of employees

  4. both a & c


Correct Option: D

The demerits of HRM are __________.

  1. process due to surplus

  2. process being time consuming

  3. percussive function

  4. both a & b


Correct Option: D

HRM is concerned with ___________.

  1. people at work

  2. interpersonal relations within enterprise

  3. safety need of indviduals

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

Human Resource Management is that part of management which is concerned with__________ and their relationship with an enterprise.

  1. board directors

  2. society at large

  3. regulators

  4. the employees.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Human resource management is that it is a process that will manage people in a company in a defined and structured way human resource management is really  employee management with an emphasis on those employee as assets of the business. In this context, employees are sometimes referred to as human capital.

Personnel Management is the recruitment; selection; development; utilisation; compensation; motivation of human resource by the organisation " this definition is given by ________.

  1. Peter F Drucker

  2. French Wendell

  3. Edwin B. Flippo

  4. Dirks


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
According to French Wendell- " Personnel management is a major component of the broader managerial unction and has roots and branches extending throughout and beyond each organisation. It is a major sub-system of all organizations."

Human Resource planning is compulsory for _________.

  1. effective employee development programme

  2. base for recruitment

  3. base for selection policy

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Human Resource Planning is a continuous process. It needs to adapt according to the dynamic nature of the environment. Human Resource planning is compulsory for-a) effective employee development programme
b) base for recruitment
c) base for selection policy

Human resource departments are ________.

  1. line departments

  2. authority department

  3. service department

  4. functional department


Correct Option: C

Quality-oriented organisation primary concern centers around __________.

  1. coordination

  2. communication

  3. human resources

  4. discipline


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Quality-oriented organization primary concern centers around human resources.Human resource management is a strategic method. It deals with the effective management of people in an organization.The focus of Human Resource Management revolves around men.

Human Resource Management function does not involve ___________.

  1. recruitment

  2. placement

  3. cost control

  4. deployment


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Human Resource Management function does not involve cost control. Human resource management is a strategic method. It deals with the effective management of people in an organization.

Match List-I (Early Model of Motivation) with List-II (Person) and select the answer using the code.

List-I (Early Model of Motivation) List-II (Person)
A. Traditional Model 1. Douglas McGregor
B. Human Relations 2. Frederick Taylor
C. Human Resource Model 3. Elton Mayo
  1. A-1, B-2, C-3

  2. A-2, B-3, C-1

  3. A-1, B-3, C-2

  4. A-2, B-1, C-3


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
 List-I (Early Model of Motivation)  List-II (Person)
 Traditional Model  Frederick Taylor
 Human Relations  Elton Mayo
 Human Resource Model  Douglas McGregor

Quality goals require alignment with ____________.

  1. production

  2. human resources

  3. finance

  4. purchase


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Quality goals require alignment with human resources.Human resource management is a strategic method. It deals with the effective management of people in an organization.The focus of Human Resource Management revolves around men.

Process of forecasting, developing and controlling human resource in an ante known as ____________.

  1. HR Audit

  2. Budgeting

  3. HR Evaluation

  4. HR Planning


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Process of forecasting, developing and controlling human resource in an ante known as HR planning. It mainly deals with the identification of the human resource needs so that the organization can achieve its goal.

Scope of ethics in business is no which area (s)___________.

  1. Compliance

  2. Finance & HR

  3. Marketing and production

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Ethical issues of business mainly include the process of promoting conduct, accommodating diversity, empathetic decision making and compliance, etc.Scope of ethics in business include:
a) compliance
b) finance and HR
c)  Marketing and production

Which of the following is included in formulating HR's basic challenges in formulating strategies?

  1. Need to support corporate productivity and performance improvement efforts.

  2. Employees do not play any role in performance improvement efforts.

  3. Not being involved in designing the company's strategic plan.

  4. Management agendas.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Human resource management deals with effective management of the employees of the organization. It evaluates the performance of the employees according to the requirement of the job and examines qualities in group work, determination, etc. It not just focused on employee satisfaction but also fulfillment of organization goals. It sees that the interests of the organization and the employees move in the same direction. 

The main challenge faced by HR is to bring the objectives of the employees and organisation together, it has to formulate strategies and policies which increases the production using the employees and the employees are satisfied. It trains and develops the employees to add to their skills and knowledge and also increase the production with specialised work force.

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