HRM CH 1

What are the five basic functions of human resource management?

• Planning, organizing, staffing, leading, controlling

• Recruiting, screening, training, rewarding, appraising

• Conducting job analyses, planning labor needs, selecting job candidates, orienting and training new employees, managing wages and salaries

• Equal employment opportunity, job analysis, compensation management, labor relations

What are some examples of personnel mistakes mentioned in the text?

• Providing incentives, appraising performance, training managers, building employee commitment

• Hiring the wrong person, high turnover, employees not doing their best, waste time with useless interviews

• Conducting job analyses, planning labor needs, selecting job candidates, orienting and training new employees

• Equal employment opportunity, job analysis, compensation management, labor relations

What is the strategic role of human resource management?

• Communicating and training employees

• Providing incentives and benefits to employees

• Conducting job analyses and planning labor needs

• Linking HRM with strategic goals to improve business performance

What is the role of a line manager in HRM?

• Assisting and advising line managers

• Providing incentives and benefits to employees

• Conducting job analyses and planning labor needs

• Directing the work of subordinates and accomplishing tasks

What is the process of identifying and executing an organization's mission by matching capabilities with demands of the environment?

• Staff management

• Line management

• Strategic management

• Employee advocacy

What is a company's plan for matching internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats?

• Business mission

• Strategic plan

• Vision statement

• HR strategy

What is the HR manager's role in strategy execution?

• Ensuring HR strategies support corporate and competitive strategies

• Supplying competitive intelligence

• Providing incentives to employees

• Conducting job analyses

What is the HR manager's role in strategy formulation?

• Training employees for new jobs

• Supplying competitive intelligence and information on human strengths and weaknesses

• Conducting job analyses

• Providing incentives to employees

What are the three basic challenges of a strategic plan?

• Supporting corporate productivity, expanding employee roles, involvement in strategic planning

• Conducting job analyses, planning labor needs, selecting job candidates

• Equal employment opportunity, job analysis, compensation management, labor relations

• Providing incentives and benefits, appraising performance, training managers

What is the role of HR professionals in strategic planning?

• Conducting job analyses and planning labor needs

• Being part of the firm's executive team, identifying human issues vital to business strategy

• Communicating and training employees

• Providing incentives and benefits to employees