Multiple Choice Flashcards
What was the HR function traditionally referred to before the HRM acronym was used
Personnel management
Which generation is now the eldest in the workplace
Baby boomers
What is not part of the main activities of the HR function according to Ulrich and Brockbank
Financial advisor
Name the two different HRM approaches
Hard and soft
Which of the following statements best describes the term employer of choice
A situation in which employees actively seek to work for particular organisation
HRplanning addresses various aspects of people management what is not in aspects of strategic HRM
Socialisation
Which is not an attribute of a good organisation
Micromanagement of employees
It is argued that care should be taken not to include requirements such as academic qualification length of experience et cetera which is this statement referring to
Person specification
What is not contained in a job description
Job promotion criteria
In recruitment the classic trio cook 1993 refers to
Application form interviews references
In an interview situation what is the recency affect
The influence of previous confidence to starting the proper assessment of the current candidate
During the interview the nervousness of the candidate should be reasonably considered so as not to detract from the possibility this is known as
Temporal extension affect
In the Ballantyne and Ppvah 2004 survey which type of recruitment selection was most the most accurate predictor for best fit
Assessment centres. Promotion
What risk to an organisation consider when using social media as a recruitment tool for employee selection
The risk of being accused of discrimination
For contact instantly meant to exist they need to be four aspects offer acceptance consideration and what final aspect
Intention
A broken psychological contract exists where
An employee does not feel that they have been treated fairly
A fixed term contract can exist for a number of reasons which one is incorrect
As long as the employer wants
Mant 1995 summarise the nature of the psychological contract of three individual expectations the needs which one is incorrect
Long holidays
According to Rousseau 1989 there two distinctions within the psychological contract these are known as
Transactional and relational
“ freedom from those conditions can that can cause death injury occupational and this or damage to or loss of equipment or property” what is being describe here
Safety
One important piece of legislation companies have to abide by is RIDDOR what does it stand for
Reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrence regulations
What are the three elements that make up the human factors approach to health and safety related behaviour
The job the individual the organisation
This CIP D identifies how many domains in their well-being model
Five
According to Yerkes Dodson law 2008 which level of stress last for optimal job performance
eustress
According to Huczynski and Buchanan 1991 the most important part of learning is that there is a change in
Behaviour
Yvan Pavloff 1927 conducted his classical conditioning research on
Dogs
There are four well-known perspectives on learning behaviourist theory social theory constructivist theory and what
Cognitive theory
Honey and Mumford’s 1986 learning style activist suggests the learner prefers to
Just do it jump straight in
The systematic training model Bratton and gold 2012 has four stages what is the final stage
Evaluate activities
According to Brighton and gold 2012 there are four important dimensions of employee relations which is the correct dimensions
Employee communication, employee involvement, employee rights or grievances and employee discipline
The employment act 2008 employers organisations to follow procedures laid down by ACAS what does this stand for
Advisory, consiliation, and arbitration service
Which of the following is not a disciplinary offence
Whistle blowing
Which of the following is not a form of grievance
Relational grievance
There are two categories of factors facilitating employee turnover which of the below is one of such categories
Push and pull factors
Which of the following is not a happy reason for exiting an organisation
Dismissal
The expatriate Psycho Harris 2004 compromises of five stages strategic planning, selection, preparation, performance management and what
Repatriation
Do you curve of cross cultural adjustment black and Mendenhall 1991 indicates four stages which is the first stage
Honeymoon
What is the parent country national
Someone who comes from the same country as the headquarters of the company
What is an inappropriate reason for sending expatriates the foreign subsidiary
As a reward to a very promisingemployee
