HRM 533 Human Resource Management (Tutorial 1)

HRM can be most comprehensively define as a series of activities focused on

• working towards strong communication with staff

• obtaining, training and maintaining an effective workforce

• strong leadership

• strategic planning

Job security is

• employees feeling they will only have a position for as long as management wants them

• the feeling that management are looking to terminate employment

• employees feeling they will continue to work somewhere until they decide it's time to move on

• an ongoing decrease in productivity over time

Maslow's hierarchy of needs ranks needs

• in order of expense

• in order of importance

• in order of things we love

• in order of profit potential

Expansion, downsizing and staff turnover are ___________ factors affecting employment

• Operational

• Internal

• External

• Financial

The recruitment cycle is (in order)

• Receive applications, screen applicants, testing, interviews, reference check, short list applicants, offer and/or acceptance

• Receive applications, screen applicants, short list applicants, interviews, testing, reference check, offer and/or acceptance

• Receive applications, short list applicants, screen applicants, interviews, testing, reference check, offer and/or acceptance

• Receive applications, reference check, interview screen applicants, short list applicants, testing, offer and/or acceptance

When employed, the induction is

• the processes of ensuring individual workers achieve their stated objectives

• the process of providing an employee with knowledge and specific skills needed to do a job

• the process designed to develop skills necessary for future work activities and responsibilities

• the process of acquainting new employees with the organisation's policies, culture and practices

The department responsible for anticipating future staffing needs of an organisation is

• HR Planning

• HR Strategy

• HR Marketing

• HR Recruitment

The meaning of the acronym HRM is ________

• Human Resourceful Management

• Human Relation Management

• Humanistic Resource Management

• Human Resource Management

The following is concerned with developing a pool of candidates in line with the human resources plan.

• Development

• Training

• Recruitment

• All the above

Which is not on the job training?

• Job rotation

• Internship

• Coaching

• Classroom lectures