Unit 6 Learning Aim C Quiz

HR is about monitoring the effectiveness of what?

• Products and services

• Teams and individuals

• Marketing strategies

• Financial investments

Which organisation provides data on labour market trends in the UK?

• World Bank

• Office of National Statistics (ONS)

• International Labour Organization

• European Union

What is the main benefit of understanding labour market trends for businesses?

• To improve customer loyalty

• To make informed employment decisions

• To enhance product quality

• To increase social media presence

In what way do HR departments use data analysis for workforce requirements? Choose two

• To determine employee salaries

• To plan for future hiring needs

• To design office spaces

• To manage employee benefits

What is a potential outcome of HR departments not adapting to policy changes?

• Increased employee satisfaction

• Legal compliance issues

• Improved productivity

• Enhanced innovation

What does "strategic" mean?

• Random

• Planned

• Accidental

• Unintentional

Aarav is planning his education path. What qualification is at Level 3?

• GCSEs

• A Levels

• Honours Degree

• Master's Degree

Wheelie Tired Ltd manufactures a small range of standard design bicycles. It started trading 4 years ago and originally employed 20 members of staff.

All staff are full time and work a set 40 hours per week.

Calculate both the labour productivity on an hourly basis four years ago, if the average weekly output was 1,600 bicycles.

The answer is bicycles per hour per worker

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Beddie Buyz is a small furniture chain which operates in Bedfordshire. At the end of the financial year the owner, Tobias Bed, decided to review some human resource data for Beddie Buyz’s five branches. Each branch runs on the same staffing model, employing 7 full-time members of staff and 3 part-time.

Using the graph above, calculate the labour retention rate for the business as a whole over the last year

• 40%

• 80%

• 86%

• 20%

First Call plc, a UK based insurance company, outsourced its customer call centre to India two years ago. Its call centre workforce started at 400 staff, but has now increased by 15% this year. The table below shows the number of employees who have left the call centre at First Call over the last two years. Using the data provided, calculate the labour turnover for First Call plc for this year and last year

Labour Turnover last year was: ​ (a)  

Labour Turnover this year (Round to 2 d.p.) is: ​ (b)  

• 6%
• 11.09%
• 15%
• 5%
• 8%
• 14.45%
• 4.07%