Exam 3: Environmental Influences on HRM

Whether in Vancouver or New Delhi,managers are influenced by the culture in which they operate.

Refer to Scenario: Swimco.Swimo develops strategies to systematically monitor the major factors influencing its organization to identify trends that might affect the formulation and implementation of both organizational and HR strategies.What is this process called?

In the context of environmental scanning,just as there is a reaction for every action,for every trend there is a countertrend,and countertrends seem to develop in tandem with the trends.Discuss this view,providing an example.

Identify and briefly describe the four criteria suggested for HR planners to use for identifying significant trends

Information gathered through competitive intelligence methods must be subjected to two evaluation questions.What are these two questions?

Professional consultants provide a limited source of information for HR professionals who are developing organizational strategies.

In 2016,the Conference Board of Canada identified leadership capacity as both the top long-term and short-term human resource challenge.

Environmental changes,events,and trends impacting organizations develop in isolation from each other.

In light of the Occupy Wall Street protests,what are two major issues that human resources departments need organizations to address?

There are more households in Canada with children than without.

Refer to Scenario: Green Septic and Water Systems Inc.What internal organizational factors are influencing Green Septic and Water Systems Inc.'s human resource planning?

What is another name for stakeholders?

Identify and briefly describe the four stages that HR planners use to analyze the external environment.

Learning about competitors' moves is a critical early step in environmental scanning allowing organizations to respond before the competitor's new offerings materialize.Define competitive intelligence (or business intelligence)and two methods that HR professionals can use to understand their competitors.

Stakeholders are also known as constituent groups.

Refer to Scenario: Green Septic and Water Systems Inc.Green Septic and Water Systems Inc.believes its weakness is its performance in the U.S.A.It has also determined that it is missing an opportunity by not yet branching into children's plastic kayaks.In addressing these questions,what type of analysis/review is Green Septic and Water Systems Inc.conducting?

What timeframe is most relevant for HR strategists?

A company wants to change its strategy to include "high tech" services.The HR manager then discovers that there is a shortage of technologically trained people and informs the CEO that the company may have to abandon its new strategy.What is the major environmental factor that has affected the company's strategy implementation?

What statement depicts the importance of the labour market and its influence on an organization's ability to implement strategy?

The gig economy can be described as one in which workers are hired for projects and are not employed full time.