Hrm Chapters 2 And 3

Front 1

_________ is the skillful employment and coordination of tactics.

Back 1

Strategy

Front 2

_________ can be thought of as the pattern of planned human resource deployments and actively enable an organization to achieve its goals.

Back 2

Strategic HRM

Front 3

Strategy formulation involves all but one of the following. Name the exception.

Back 3

• Defining the firms mission and goals
• Assessing the firms external opportunities and threats

Defining the firms organizational structure
• Generating various strategic alternatives

Front 4

The first component in the strategy formulation process is:

Back 4

Completion of an external analysis

Front 5

The _________ is a statement of the organizations reason for being that usually specifies the needs satisfied and/or the values received by the customers and the technology used

Back 5

Mission

Front 6

_________ consists of examining the organizations operating environment to identify the strategic opportunities and threats.

Back 6

External Analysis

Front 7

________ attempts to identify the organizations strengths and weaknesses

Back 7

Internal Analysis

Front 8

The purpose of the SWOT analysis is to:

Back 8

Generate a large number of strategic alternatives

Front 9

The last step in the strategy formulation is:

Back 9

Strategic Choice

Front 10

HRM is primarily responsible for three of the following variables in the strategy implementation, identify the exception.

Back 10

• Selection, training and development of people
• Task design
• Reward system
• Customer awareness

Front 11

A woman and a man are both performing the job of executive assistant and have equal performance. However the woman is paid $2,000 less than the man. Which act does this fall under?

Back 11

Equal Pay Act

Front 12

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 prohibits discriminations against employees

Back 12

Ages 40 and over

Front 13

Which organization if most specifically involved in the enforcement of equal employment

Back 13

EEOC

Front 14

________ exists when individuals in similar situation are treated differently and the differentiation is based on the individual’s race, color, religion, sex national origin, age or disability status.

Back 14

Disparate Treatment

Front 15

A job qualification based on race, sex, religion and so on, that an employer asserts is required for the qualification for the job is:

Back 15

BFOQ

Front 16

Rather than simply requiring an employer to refrain from some action, ______ places an employer to affirmatively do something to accommodate an individual’s disability.

Back 16

Reasonable Accommodation

Front 17

When an individual is promised a positive outcome for submission to sex, or threatened for failure to submit to sex is:

Back 17

Quid Pro Quo Harassment

Front 18

A male employee, over the objection of his female colleagues, continues to display a highly suggestive calendar within his office. This is likely to result in a charge of:

Back 18

Hostile working environment harassment

Front 19

________ authorized the federal government to establish and enforce occupational safety and health standards for all places of employment engaging in interstate commerce.

Back 19

OSHA

Front 20

Under OSHA, the responsibility for inspecting employers, applying the standards and levying fines assigned to the:

Back 20

Department of labor