Week 6: H 14

Question 1

Business Strategy

Answer 1

Is the system of an organization’s important choices; a system that could be well integrated around common concerns or which might have various links and foul-ups.

Question 2

Configuration

Answer 2

Is the cultural administrative heritage of an organization.

Question 3

HR practices

Answer 3

Refer to the instrumental part of HRM including recruitment, selection, training, development, appraising and rewards.

Question 4

Human capital

Answer 4

Represents the knowledge, skills and abilities of the organization’s employees.

Question 5

Implementation strategy

Answer 5

Is the deliberate design and set of actions focused on the shaping of the functional silos that determine the overall business strategy.

Question 6

Social capital

Answer 6

Represents the valuable social networks and relationships between employees within the organization and social networks of employees with the outside world.

Question 7

Work practices

Answer 7

Refer to the design elements of HRM including autonomy, teamwork, rotation, decentralization, involvement, participation and job enrichment.