Exam 1: Human Resources in a Globally Competitive Business Environment

Recognizing that you have the right people in critical leadership roles is not an HR responsibility,but rather a business imperative which must be truly owned by the leaders of the firm.

Flexibility is currently viewed by most managers and employees as a new and effective way of working to achieve business results,rather than as an exception or employee accommodation.

A basic element of Organizational Design is:

Teams substitute peer based control for hierarchical control of work is known for in:

Changes in any single part of the HRM system have a reverberating effect on all other parts of the system.

How do less-developed countries win from globalization?

The most vital of all resources in work settings is:

Originally invented as a way to improve quality,Six Sigma's main value to corporations today lies in its ability to save time and money.

Organizations strive to retain talented workers in a hot job market by offering employees:

Modular corporations retain all major business functions under one roof.

The 21^st-century corporation must adapt itself to management via the Web and must be:

How the people are selected,trained,and managed does not determine to a large extent how successful an organization will be.

What is productivity?

The most important intellectual property in the creative economy is:

What does QWL stand for?

Examples of how globalization of companies has affected the economy include:

Which of the following is a retention responsibility of the line management?

Big advertisers are increasingly moving away from pay per click online advertising,as they are prone to manipulation.

The challenge,opportunity,and also the frustration of creating and managing organizations frequently stem from the _____ problems that arise within them.

List and describe the five broad activities encompassed by HRM.