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1. Strategic human resource management is:
(a) the pattern of planned human resource deployments of activities intended for the firm to achieve its goals.
(b) managing the integration of an organisation's major goals, policies and action sequences into a cohesive whole
(c) the pattern of planned deployments of management activities intended for the firm to achieve its goals
(d) managing the integration of an organisation's major goals and policies.
2. Your organization is looking at expanding its operations. As the HR Manager, which one would be a threat in your SWOT analysis?
(a) customer markets not being served
(b) technological advances which can aid the firm's operations
(c) availability of required skills in the labour market
(d) unavailability of required skills in the labour market
3. Which HR practices would reinforce organizational culture and employees' 'fit' in the culture?
(a) Interview, job analysis, needs assessment and job evaluation
(b) Work sample, socialization programs, job analysis and job evaluation
(c) Interview, socialization programs, performance evaluation criteria and skills based pay
(d) Work sample, needs assessment, performance evaluation criteria and skills based pay
4. In accomplishing the task of job design, which would you use?
(a) rational and environmental approaches
(b) environmental and organizational approaches
(c) rational and behavioural approaches
(d) environmental and behavioural approaches
5. Which statement about job description and job specification is correct:
(a) Job description is about responsibilities and abilities
(b) Job specification is about responsibilities and abilities
(c) Job description and job specification can be used interchangeably
(d) Job description and job specification cannot be used interchangeably