Human Resource Management - 13

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________ assignment can also be recommended for career development.
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Rotational
Your Answer
Rotational

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What are judgments of characteristics, traits of employees & impact of these characteristics & traits on their performance.
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Appraisals
Your Answer
Appraisals

True/False
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Workers and trade unions never praticipate in the management of human resources
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False
Your Answer
True

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Some organisations use ________ & committee management as techniques of training & devlopment for flexitime systems
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Job rotation
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Job enrichment

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During the pre-reform period what was the industrial growth during the 1950-60 period essentially
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7% to 9%
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7% to 9%

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Through the BPR Programme an experience a sense of ownership in a company only if the organisation believes in :
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Caring ( honest & open communication & mutual support) , Sharing (with teams having a common objectives) , Daring (encouraging enterpreneuial adaptation capabilities)
Your Answer
Caring ( honest & open communication & mutual support) , Sharing (with teams having a common objectives) , Daring (encouraging enterpreneuial adaptation capabilities)

Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer
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Limitation of manpower planning.
Inaccuracy.
Deaths, dismissals
Manpower planning method.
Long range estimates of vacancies.
Long range estimates of vacancies.
Step involved in manpower planning
Selecting adequate source of recruitment.
Long, short and medium forecasts.
Name the three types of forecast
Economic, employee market, co's sales expansion forecasts.
Economic, employee market, co's sales expansion forecasts.

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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360 - Degree Appraisal is to get a broad assessment of an individual from different sources, following factors need to be watched at this stage -
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Individual learning , Organisational learning , Improved Individual behaviour
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Individual learning , Improved Individual behaviour , Improved Action planning

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Ranking system measures each job in comparison with other jobs in terms of the relative importance of the following factors:
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Supervision & leadership , Co-operation & association outside the line of authority , Probability & consequences of errors
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Supervision & leadership , Leadership & management , Co-operation & association outside the line of authority

True/False
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Potential refers to the likelihood of the job holder making a future contribution to the employing organisation.
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True
Your Answer
True

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What are the major advantages of a Generic Benchmarking Technique?
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It is readily transferable , New practices, earlier implemented in an entire industry can be brought in, giving an organisation an edge over its rivals. , Proven systems can be implemented with minimal modification
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It is readily transferable , New practices, earlier implemented in an entire industry can be brought in, giving an organisation an edge over its rivals. , Proven systems can be implemented with minimal modification

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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The HRD outcomes can influence the organisation's business goals which may be in terms of -
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Higher productivity , Satisfied customers , Satisfied stockholders
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Higher productivity , Satisfied customers , Satisfied stockholders

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What are the objectives of a quality control programme?
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Improvement in standard of goods with very little increase in cost of production , Improvement in minimizing wastages. , Conformance with desired standards.
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An effective inspection & control system. , Conformance with desired standards. , Improvement in minimizing wastages.

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________ is known not to hold overly one-sided views.
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Judgement
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Judgement

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List the measures to overcome the HRD problems in India
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Govt. to take steps to alleviate poverty , Govt. to take steps to accelarate economic development , People to practice religious tolerance
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Govt. to take steps to alleviate poverty , Govt. to take steps to accelarate economic development , People to practice religious tolerance

True/False
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An urgency motivation can be explained by a situation where dynamic profitable organisations foresee a crisis and initiate a radical transformation by breaking status barriers & restructuring organisational relationships.
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True
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False

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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Participation of management' representatives in the trade unions meetings particularly at the time of industrial dispute help both the parties -
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To exchange their contradictory views
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To thrash out the problem

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Why Companies go for HRD Audit?
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Promoting Professionalism
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Promoting Professionalism

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If employee fedrations & unious are mismanaged they-
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Disrtub the smooth functioning & growth of organisations , affect industrial peace , affect effective management of personnel
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Disrtub the smooth functioning & growth of organisations , Manipulate company policies , affect industrial peace

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Under HRD, name the factors that act as motivating forces
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Job enrichment , Informal organisation , Participative management
Your Answer
Employee enrichment , Job enrichment , Informal organisation




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________ means providing the employee with necessary tools & authority to overcome obstacles to achieving goals.
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Employee empowerment
Your Answer
Employee empowerment

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A________ having openness, trust, authenticity as its bed rock is highly suitable for 360 - degree appraisal.
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Culture
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Atmosphere

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Every HRD system developed by an organisation should be based on the following elements of HRM. Those are:
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Suitable compensation plan , Selection of the right people , Good performance appraisal system
Your Answer
Selection of the right people , Good performance appraisal system , Training to managers

True/False
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Transfer of technology does not mean merely shifting technology from one plance to another
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True
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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If supply of labour is higher than demand, which factor would be relatively low?
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Wage
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Incentive

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What are the action steps for effective Benchmarking?
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Identifying the human resources related areas to be benchmarked. , Prepare a report that documents the processes, functions, its extent & result areas , Understand why such a study is being conducted
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Identifying the human resources related areas to be benchmarked. , To evolve into administrative experts who are able to create efficient HR process & business process , Prepare a report that documents the processes, functions, its extent & result areas

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Name the three aspects of manpower planning:
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Who should plan? , Planning for whom , Timing for plam
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Why should we plan? , Planning for whom , Timing for plam

True/False
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Counselling involves a one to one discussion between the participant and administrator.
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True
Your Answer
True

True/False
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Off-line quality control consists of all control activities that are conducted externally to the production system.
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True
Your Answer
True

True/False
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Majority of the disputes in industries are related to the problem of wages, salaries & benefits
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True
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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What is an inherent problem with organisations running their own educational institutes?
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Funding from U.G.C. and State Govt.
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Lack of expertise outside the industry

True/False
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At Intel the Work Force Solution Company (WFS) was framed & given monopoly over business process.
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False
Your Answer
True

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HRD department is also included as an ________ of HRD.
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Instruments
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Collaboration

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Name the steps that develop strategic framework for HRD
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Realistic employee development , Measurable employee development , Well costed employee development
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Realistic employee development , Measurable employee development , Well costed employee development

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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Why is it that today, more so than the past, employees take to Moon Lighting activities
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Decreasing purchasing power
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Change in work climates

Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Long range
Beyond 5 years
Beyond 5 years
Business plans
Data from within the organization
Data from within the organization
Immediate
Within 1 year
Within 1 year
Intermediate
1 year to 5 years
1 year to 5 years

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People take ________ supportively and use it for development.
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Feedback
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Feedback

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What are the factors that warrant the attention for successful implementation?
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Feedback management , Action planning , Reinforcement of new behaviour
Your Answer
Feedback management , Action planning , Feedback analysis

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What is it that some of the companies have borrowed from professionally managed Cos'
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HRD practices
Your Answer
HRD audit

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Business re-engineering often shift the power base, changing the 'command - and - control' approach to ________.
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'Mobilised -and - enable'
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Proactive - and - innovative

True/False
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HRD should be series of adhoc decisions and practices.
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False
Your Answer
True

True/False
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Flexitime works better when the employees have self-determination
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True
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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The components of a compensation system includes :
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Job Description , Job Analysis , Job Evaluation
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Job Description , Job Analysis , Job Learning

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A dynamic and everchanging environment calls for a shift in approach from ________ human resource management to a proactive and innovative one.
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reactive
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reactive

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How would the representative of consumer association be able to make a difference in the consumerism movement
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by participating in collective barganing , to demands good supply of quality goods at fair practices , to demands good supply of quality goods at fairs prices
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by participating in collective barganing , to demands good supply of quality goods at fair practices , to demands good supply of quality goods at fairs prices

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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Under phase 5, what is it that is conducted for two days or more depending on the number of participants
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Workshop
Your Answer
Workshop

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The problem and challenges of continous improvement can be effectively tackled by taking advantage of ________.
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Synergy of teams
Your Answer
Quality circle