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Management Sciences 5307 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Management Sciences focuses on the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of resources to achieve organizational goals.This subject is highly important for competitive exams, academic study, and professional careers in the business and public sectors.

Human Resource Management is______________?
A Employee oriented
B Employer oriented
C Legally oriented
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Employee oriented
Which of the following statements is false?
A Organizations are now less hierarchical in nature
B Organizations are now generally focusing upon domestic rather than international matters
C Organizations have adopted more flexible norms
D Organizations have been subject to a raft of organizational change programs
Correct Answer: Organizations are now generally focusing upon domestic rather than international matters
Which of the following is not a function normally performed by HR department?
A Accounting
B Recruitment and Selection
C Pay and Reward
D Employee Relations
Correct Answer: Accounting
The term used before the language of modern HRM was ___________?
A Labour Relations
B Personnel Management
C Industrial Management
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
The meaning of the acronym HRM is ______________?
A Human Relations Management
B Humanistic Resource Management
C Human Resource Management
D Human Resourceful Management
Correct Answer: Human Resource Management
Which of these models is not a rational planning approach?
A Corporate- level strategic planning
B Strategic business unit level strategic planning
C Processual Approach
D Operational level strategic planning
Correct Answer: Processual Approach
Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the Best-practice approach to HRM in Organisations?
A Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource- intensive
B Because there is much variation in the literature and empirical research as to what constitutes best-practice
C Because the best-practice approach would not fit the cost-reduction driven strategies favoured by many in short-termist economies.
D Because the best-practice approach does not emphasize the individual business context
Correct Answer: Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource- intensive
Vertical integration in relation to SHRM can be described as which of the following?
A The relationship or integration between an Organisation’s senior managers
B The relationship or integration between HR functional policies, for example employee development, employee reward and employee relations
C The relationship or integration between the internal HR processes, and the Organisation’s business strategy and external market.
D The relationship or integration between operational functions and policies
Correct Answer: The relationship or integration between the internal HR processes, and the Organisation’s business strategy and external market.
Which of the following is NOT a goal of HRM?
A Integration of HRM with the corporate strategy of the Organization
B Producing the desired human behavior that helps to achieve Organisatlons goals
C Creation of a flexible environment that can easily adopt change
D To endure proper delivery of products
Correct Answer: To endure proper delivery of products
Recruiting is necessary to_________?
A forecast the supply of outside candidates
B developing an applicant pool
C determine whether to use inside or. outside candidates
D develop qualifications inventories
Correct Answer: developing an applicant pool