Section 1 Flashcards
The steps involved with passing new laws begin with:
Placing a bill on a committee agenda.
If the President receives a bill from the House of Representatives nod the Senate for his approval and does nothing with it:
It depends on whether the House and Senate are in session.
A Congressional attempt to override a Presidential veto requires a:
2/3 affirmative roll call vote of the members who are present, providing a quorum is established.
A person who tries to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause is a:
Lobbyist
What is the best way to gain attention for HR issues with Congress?
Participate in Grass Roots efforts.
The typical functions of a small business does NOT include:
Strategic Planning
With what type of budget are prior budget items used as the basis for new funding?
Incremental
Balance sheets represent:
The financial position of the organization.
Human Resource branding is most used for:
recruiting high caliber candidates to the organization.
The three historic HR roles are:
Advisory, service, and control.
The three current HR roles are:
Administrative, operational, and strategic.
As an employee advocate, HR managers:
Represent employee needs to management.
Information technology creates a transformational impact on HR by:
Expanding the scope and function of the HR Department.
In a centralized organizational structure decisions are made by:
Upper management.
In which type of organizational structure would it be more difficult to replace the Vice President of Information Technology with a generally trained director form the same firm?
Functional
Matrix reporting relationships does not include:
Single chain of command
Persons responsible for producing and marketing the organization’s goods or services are:
Line managers.
The organizational strategy for a company that wants to create new, innovative products each year would be:
Differentiation
Which is not one of the five basic functions all managers perform?
Motivating
An organization that is experiencing decline in its organizational life cycle may choose which approach to recover from decline?
Reduce operational costs
The unique capability an organization has that creates value and differentiates it from competitors is its:
Core competency.
What term describes the basic purpose of an organization?
Mission
A “tight labor market” indicates:
Low unemployment
Union strength increases during when:
Low unemployment.
An organization is undergoing reductions in force, and needs to determine how to better utilize the personnel capabilities more fully. What is the most likely action the HR professional should take?
Meet the key leadership team members to examine skill sets and business requirements.
When scanning the environment relative to generational factors, employers waiting to identify technology driven employees may need to attract those persons in:
Generation Y
What sacrifices are likely to be necessary when hiring employees in a tight labor market?
Lower skilled workers are hired.
A non-traditional workforce does not include:
Minorities
The balanced scorecard is a management tool designed for organizational development, providing a picture of the overall organization in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Sales Processes.
Interviews, surveys, and questionnaires are all examples of this method of research.
Primary
When analyzing data, the mode is the:
Most frequent score.
When evaluating the progress of the acquisition team for meeting projected goals, the most common method for measuring is:
Gantt Charts.
What is the best way HR can gain management’s respect?
Become an expert in HR issues as they affect the business.
How can HR become more business focused?
Forge external relationships in the business community.
HR attempts to anticipate the need for and availability of qualified workers so the organization can meets its future goad and objectives through:
HR planning.
The result of inadequate human resource planning may include all of the following except:
The supply of labor is increased.
What is the difference between strategic and tactical plans?
A strategic plan develops long-range goals; a tactical plan achieves short-term goals.
HR is acting as a strategic partner when it:
Determines the availability of qualified applicants in a city where the organization is considering opening a facility.
What is the best approach that could be taken if HR wants to obtain management’s buy-in for HR programs in the organization?
Demonstrate the impact the action makes on the bottom line.
A gap analysis compares:
Where we are now with where we need to be.
Kurt Lewin’s Theory of Change involves:
Unfreezing, moving, and refreezing.
Typically individuals go through five stages when reacting to change. What is not a part of the five stages?
Enthusiasm.
All of the following are important HR roles in the change process except for:
Defining the organization’s mission.
According to the Department of Labor, all of the following are important characteristics of a profession except:
Advanced degrees
As the HR Director, an employee comes to you and resorts being sexually harassed. The employee just “wanted you to know” but didn’t want you to take any action. What is your best course of action?
Follow the organization’s policy and document/ investigate the situation.
As the HR leader, you’re putting together some handouts for your training program. What is not considered a violation of copyright law?
Copying Internet information and citing the URL.
A pharmacist at a local retail-chain drug store discovers that all the amphetamines have been stolen from the pharmacy. The only persons who could have taken the drugs would be other employees at the drug store. The pharmacist demands that everyone in the sore be given a polygraph test. Is this allowable?
Yes, as long as the polygraph results are not the sole reason for termination of employment.
Jim was turned down for a job as Controller for a financial institution a few months ago. He has since filed a complaint with the EEOC after a routine pre-employment check revealed he has a prior bankruptcy filing. What is true of this situation?
The employer must identify the name of organization/agency who issued the report.
Strategic organizational social responsibility does not include:
Donating to the local food bank.
