Deck 5: Managing People: Contexts of Hrm, Diversity and Social Inequality

Question 1

Banks have been largely free from extensive redeployment of employees and redundancies.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

HRM has greater application in the private sector than in the public sector.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Human Resource management (HRM) takes for granted the idea that managing people is principally about increasing efficiency and profitability.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following are benefits of employing older workers?

A)Familiarity with a range of life experiences
B)Low cost
C)Social skills
D)Commitment to organisation

Question 5

Human Resource Management (HRM) is the same as Personnel Management.

Question 6

How have some companies interpreted the need to be responsive and to cut costs?

A)Reduce range of activities
B)Outsource
C)Expand
D)Delayer

Question 7

HRM offers the potential to make management more effective in rendering employees controllable.

Question 8

Which of the following are features of a 'pluralist perspective'?

A)Top management views shared by everyone
B)Conflict is pathological
C)A recognition of diverse legitimate viewpoints
D)A recognition of diverse interests

Question 9

HRM processes do not vary internationally.

Question 10

Which of the following are characteristics of a 'hard' version of Human Resource Management?

A)Employees as an asset
B)Emphasises the care of employees
C)Employees can be exploited to secure profit
D)Emphasises the need to engage employees

Question 11

Which of the following HRM techniques seek to exert control over employees?

A)Job evaluation
B)Performance appraisal
C)Selection testing
D)Training

Question 12

Which of the following is a means of subjectively engaging employees?

A)Team work
B)Personal development
C)Disciplinary procedures
D)Grievance procedures

Question 13

From a managerialist perspective, effective management solves a range of socio-economic problems.

Question 14

Which of the following are non-traditional sources of recruitment?

A)School leavers
B)Mature workers
C)Graduates
D)Unemployed

Question 15

Organisations are increasingly extending the scope of their recruitment to mature workers.

Question 16

Managing Diversity is the same as Equal Opportunity.

Question 17

Which of the following are features of a 'unitary perspective'?

A)Top management views shared by everyone
B)Conflict is pathological
C)A recognition of diverse legitimate viewpoints
D)A recognition of diverse interests

Question 18

Managing diversity is about respecting the differences of people in work organisations.

Question 19

Which of the following are areas of focus for the management of diversity?

A)Age
B)Gender
C)Home location
D)Political Affiliations

Question 20

Which of the following list explains the concept of 'intersectionality'?

A)Some people are 'disadvantaged in more than one way in a diversity context
B)Disadvantages multiply in complex and unpredictable ways
C)There is no one best way to manage diversity
D)There are recognised guidelines for all diversity situations