Exam 1: Establishing a Human Resource Strategy

For an auto manufacturer located in Windsor,Ontario,which of the following is/are important environmental trends in the context of forming a human resource strategy?

It is estimated that approximately _____ % of Canadians aged 16 or over fall in the lowest level of literacy.

Allowing a staffing (or employment)manager to make the final decision on hiring from minority communities is an example of line authority.

Examples of strategies include decisions to compete in specific product market segments and to diversify,but do not include decisions about closing down operations.

Orientation to familiarize the employee to an organization and its culture is best thought of as part of which of the following?

Which of the following should precede human resource strategy formulation?

In today's world,knowledge of termination procedures is not as critical as the ability to recruit the right candidates.

XYZ Company,if it employs strategic human resource management (SHRM),would attempt to link its human resource practices with its strategic needs.

Which of the following assumptions,is/are incorrect in the context of selection procedures as they relate to minority communities?

Tests and interviews employed by Maple Leaf Grocers when selecting its cashiers are examples of selection criteria.

Strategic human resource management attempts to:

Focus on employee training and development is likely to be minimal in a firm that employs which strategy of human resource management?

Benefit(s)of an effective staffing system at the individual employee level is/are:

A strategy is formulated after looking at an organization's strengths and weaknesses as well as those of its competitors.

Close monitoring of employee behaviours is most likely to occur in an organization that employs which strategy of human resource management?

Productivity is the ratio of an organization's total production to its total workforce.

Calvin Klein's emphasis on selling fashion apparel illustrates which strategy?

The appointment of a knowledge-manager within an organization is an example of an organization's attempt to preserve its human capital.

If a toothpaste manufacturer sells whitening toothpaste aimed at the youth market,it is primarily employing which strategy?

When the employment manager in Canada Engineering Contractors is given the power to hire people from minority communities to meet an organization's employment equity objectives,this reflects the manager's: