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Which of the following statements about Australia's population and workforce is FALSE?

Select one:

a. Generation X employees bring somewhat different needs and expectations to the workplace than their baby-boomer counterparts.

b. The participation of women in the workforce has increased over the past few decades.

c. More than half of immigrants to Australia over the past decade were born in Europe.

d. Australia is becoming a more multicultural society.

A computer maintenance company wants to 'capture' the knowledge that employees carry around in their heads by creating a database where employees document their solutions to unusual maintenance problems. This practice tries to:

Select one:

a. Reduce the amount of human capital.

b. Transfer human capital into structural capital.

c. Prevent relationship capital from interfering with human capital.

d. Transform intellectual capital into knowledge manageme

Organisations should 'unlearn'

Select one:

a. In many situations involving organisational change.

b. Whenever new knowledge is brought into the organisation.

c. All of the options listed here are correct.

d. Whenever the organisation shifts from communities of practice to experimentation in the knowledge acquisition process.

Organisational memory' is BEST DESCRIBED as:

Select one:

a. The ability of senior executives to recall important information about the company's products, services and employees.

b. The ability of employees throughout the organisation to recall important information about the company's products and services.

c. The storage and preservation of intellectual capital within an organisation

d. The total terabytes of hard disk space available on computers throughout an organisation.

The concept of high-performance work practices (HPWP) is similar to organisational learning, except for the fact that:

Select one:

a. All of the options listed here are correct.

b. HPWP perspective attempts to determine specific ways to generate the most value from human capital.

c. HPWP perspective retains the organisation's memory and motivates employees to remain with the company.

d. HPWP perspective focuses on organisation-environment fit.

How do high-performance work practices improve an organisation's effectiveness?

Select one:

a. By strengthening employee motivation and developing positive attitudes towards the employer.

b. By motivating employees to unlearn routine and patterns of behaviour.

c. By supporting economic, social and environmental spheres of sustainability.

d. By operating in close systems independent of an external environment.