Organization and Policy

What is meant by strategic human resource management?

• A field that deals with managerial decisions and actions in order to improve the long-run performance of organizations

• A fundamental framework through which an organization can assert its vital continuity

• The formulation of organizational missions, goals, and objectives

• The overall direction the organization wishes to pursue in achieving its objective through people

What does the resource-based view argue?

• It argues that the development of a number of interrelated HRM processes will improve organisational performance

• It argues that HRM influences performance according to the human capital held by the organisation

• It argues that the development of mutual commitment within the organisation will eventually influence performance

• It argues that the treating of employees as partners in the organisation will ultimately improve performance

What does the general causal model of the HRM–performance relationship presume?

• It presumes that HR practices are directly linked to business performance

• It presumes that HR practices are indirectly linked to business performance through a mediating mechanism

• It presumes that business strategies are directly linked to business performance

• It presumes that business performance directly affects HR practices

The AMO model asserts that performance is a function of:

• Aptitude, Movement, Occurrence

• Ability, Motivation, Occasion

• Ability, Motivation, Opportunity

• Ability, Motivation, Opening

What is the relational psychological contract more concerned with?

• It is more concerned with an offer by the employer of fair pay and treatment in return for employee commitment to the work performed

• It is more concerned with short-term, specific and monetary-related beliefs

• It is more concerned with an offer of good performance, and employee commitment and loyalty to the organisation, in return for employee promotions and career development

• It is more concerned with a long-term relationship, characterised by both monetary and non-monetary reward

Enumerate 5 organizational elements"

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