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1 Fundamentals of HR Management, 9e (Noe) Chapter 1 Managing Human Resources 1) Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source of value to their organizations.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a necessary expense rather than as a source of value to their organizations.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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2) Human resources cannot be imitated.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Human resources cannot be imitated. To imitate human resources at a highperforming competitor, one would have to figure out which employees are providing the advantage and how. Then you would have to recruit people who can do precisely the same thing and set up the systems that enable those people to imitate your competitor.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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3) High-performance work systems have been essential in making organizations strong enough to weather the storm of a recession and remain profitable when the economy begins to expand after the recession.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: High-performance work systems have been essential in making organizations strong enough to weather the storm of a recent recession and remain profitable when the economy slowly begins to expand again. Maintaining a high-performance work system may 3 / 4
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2 include development of training programs, recruitment of people with new skill sets, and establishment of rewards for such behaviors as teamwork, flexibility, and learning.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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4) No two human resource departments have precisely the same roles and responsibilities.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: No two human resource departments have precisely the same roles because of differences in organization sizes and characteristics of the workforce, the industry, and management's values. Many HR tasks may be performed by supervisors or others inside or outside the organization.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Understanding Human Resource Management
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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5) An organization makes selection decisions in order to add employees to its workforce, as well as to transfer existing employees to new positions.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Selection refers to the process by which the organization attempts to identify applicants with the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that will help the organization achieve its goals. An organization makes selection decisions in order to add employees to its workforce, as well as to transfer existing employees to new positions.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Understanding Human Resource Management
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
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6) Establishing and administering personnel policies allows a company to handle problematic situations more fairly and objectively than if it addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
Answer: TRUE
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