Exam 2: Strategy-Driven Human Resource Management

Computer companies such as Dell may actually fight over the opportunity to purchase limited volumes of Intel CPU chips.This is an example of power from which of Porter's forces?

The Acme Global Corporation prefers to concentrate decision making at the top of the organizational chart.This allows the company to focus on hiring good decision makers in only a few jobs.This would indicate that Acme Global has a high degree of _________ in its structure.

Pandora streaming music service is an example of a threat of substitute product or service.

_______________ provide employees to the organization and are therefore considered an external factor.

Management of the firm recruits from what major external environmental factor?

Executives at the Acme Global Corporation display their awards and certificates prominently in their offices.This demonstration of their achievements is part of the _______ level of culture.

Identify the common measurement tools for strategic HRM.

The Acme Global organization tries to be a good neighbor to the people who live and work in the cities where the organization's plants are located.In one neighborhood,citizens asked Acme Global to reveal the location of all its suppliers.When it was discovered that Acme Global used suppliers who were 1,000 miles from the plant,the citizens asked Acme Global to consider using more local suppliers.Acme Global agreed and found similar suppliers closer to its plant.This represents the influence of _______ in the external environment on the organization.

Centralization of decision-making in an organization tends to create:

The jobs in the Acme Global Corporation are very standardized.Each job has a clear job description and there are many policies,procedures,and rules for employees to follow.This creation of a routine way of doing jobs suggests that Acme Global has a high degree of _________ in its structure.

Only factors in the external environment determine what actions we must take to make strategic choices for our organization.

_______________ includes shared values and beliefs,and describes how and why employees do what they do.

The way in which a company groups its resources together to accomplish its mission is called _______________.

Jill had an idea for improving the process of recording invoices.When she told her boss about her idea,he told her it was a good idea but the department would stick with the old system.When she asked why they could not change to the new system,her boss would only say,"We have always done it this way and it makes sense to us." This is an example of the _______ level of culture.

When decision-making is centralized,it sometime causes a slow-down of ___________ within the organization.

When an organization analyzes the environment better than a competitor and is therefore able to react quicker,what is created?

Which strategy analyzes the external environment for organizations?

Federal and state government create both opportunities and threats for businesses.

__________ lower organizational costs required to produce their product or service.

The availability of recruits and employees for an organization has an effect on its performance.