Exam 1: The Challenges of Hrm

What distinguishes an organization's business strategy?

According to a recent statistic,almost 65 % of hiring managers use all types of social media to check job seekers.

What is an important factor in effective quality improvement strategies?

What emerging HR activity is an extension of training and development?

Scenario 1.2: HRM Challenges-A Mining Merger Trimack Resources Inc. ,a Western Canada mining company,bought WestStar Mining,an Eastern Canada company.Ray Morrison,the CEO of Trimack Resources Inc.was focused on ensuring the new business revolved around how well the people side of the merger was handled.Ray felt that it was critical that the two businesses integrated their people.Morgan Grant,the CEO of WestStar Mining was focused on managing the complex financial issues of the merger.Morgan felt that it was critical that the financial reports were in order before they could move forward with their strategic plans.The new HRM department immediately began terminating employees when they noticed that there were several situations where two employees were doing the work of one position. -Please refer to Scenario 1.2.Trimack Resources Inc.has hired an HRM consultant to help strategically manage its human resources.Which statement best represents this process?

LB Brands,a Western Canada marketing company,had grown to 100 employees.Joan Farris the Vice President of Marketing spends much of her day developing and coaching people and helping to solve problems.She has a prescribed employee performance management process.She feels that decisions concerning her employee staffing,training and performance appraisals are her responsibility.Jay Carter,the Vice President of HR,feels that LB Brands must have consistent HR practices and that staffing,training and performance management decisions must be centralized in the HR department. -Please refer to Scenario 1.1.What decision-making authority does the Vice President of HR have?

Helping employees develop active listening skills and focus on customers are examples of Talent Management.

Which of the following is NOT a primary impact that technology has had on HRM?

What is the HR practitioner's primary role?

The HRM for a Canadian real estate company wants to develop an overall recruitment approach to attract individuals with key skill sets.This approach would then generate a pool of applicants with the required competencies for all the regions.The regional manager will actually select the best person from this pool.What is this an example of?

Approximately 50 to 60 % of the Canadian economy is influenced by global competition.

Define strategic HRM and how it is linked to an organization's business strategy.Provide an example.

Which function is within the framework for Human Resources Management?

Which of the following represents a recent cultural change emerging in organizations?

Why is it important that line managers understand HRM?

The average age of the labour force is expected to decline in the next ten years.

Talent Management involves leveraging competencies to achieve high organizational performance.

What HR activity determines what,where,when,and how work tasks are done?

What is the term for the skills,knowledge,education and experience of an organization's workforce?

LB Brands,a Western Canada marketing company,had grown to 100 employees.Joan Farris the Vice President of Marketing spends much of her day developing and coaching people and helping to solve problems.She has a prescribed employee performance management process.She feels that decisions concerning her employee staffing,training and performance appraisals are her responsibility.Jay Carter,the Vice President of HR,feels that LB Brands must have consistent HR practices and that staffing,training and performance management decisions must be centralized in the HR department. -Please refer to Scenario 1.1.Which of the following best defines Human Resources Management at LB Brands?