Human Resource Planning Quiz

What is the goal of Human Resource Planning?

• To predict future human resource needs

• To increase current workforce

• To reduce employee benefits

• To eliminate job positions

What is the definition of Human Resource Planning?

• Matching internal and external supply of people with job openings

• Increasing competition among employees

• Reducing the number of employees

• Ignoring future workforce needs

What is the first step in the Human Resource Planning Process?

• Forecasting Human Resource Availability

• Forecasting Human Resource Requirement

• Strategic Planning

• Comparing Labor Requirement with Availability

What does the Availability forecast in Human Resource Planning involve?

• Ignoring current employees

• Focusing only on labor market trends

• Looking at internal and external sources for employees

• Reducing the number of job positions

What does a Labor shortage in Human Resource Planning indicate?

• Organization is perfectly staffed

• Organization is overstaffed

• Organization needs to reduce existing employees

• Organization needs to employ new workers

What is the Zero-Base Forecasting method based on?

• External market trends

• Random selection of employees

• Future workforce predictions

• Current level of employment

What is a common predictor of employment levels according to the text?

• Company size

• Employee satisfaction

• Sales volume

• Job titles

What is the purpose of Innovative Recruiting in case of a labor shortage?

• To eliminate job positions

• To increase working hours

• To reduce employee benefits

• To use new approaches to recruiting

What is a possible alternative to layoffs in case of a worker surplus?

• Restricted Hiring Policy

• Forcing employees to work overtime

• Increasing salaries for all employees

• Ignoring the surplus workers

What is Succession Planning in Human Resource Management?

• Randomly promoting employees

• Firing key managerial personnel

• Ensuring qualified persons are available for key positions

• Ignoring future vacancies