Chapter 1: Human Resource Management: a contemporary perspective.

What is the meaning of the acronym HRM?

Human Relations Management. Human Resource Management. Humanistic Resource Management. Humane Resource Management.

Which of the following terms was also used before the language of modern HRM? Select all that apply.
Industrial relations. Personnel management. Personal management. Labour relations.

What is meant by the acronym CIPD?

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Chartered Institute of Performance Development. Chartered Institute of Personnel Directors. Chartered Institute of People and Development.

What is meant by the acronym SHRM?

Sophisticated Human Resource Management. Strategic Human Resource Management. Soft Human Resource Management. Superior Human Resource Management.

What is meant by the acronym HCM?

High Capability Management. High Commitment Management. High Class Management. High Calibre Management.

Which of the following is not a function normally performed by the HR department?

Employee relations. Pay and reward. Accounting. Recruitment and selection. Training and development.

It has been said that some HR departments have had a 'Cinderella' image. What is meant by this statement?
Bureaucratic. Low status and obscure. Influential and powerful. Old fashioned and staid.

The early roots of contemporary HRM can be traced to which period?

1890s. 1970s. 1940s.

How long has the term 'HRM' been fashionable?

The last twenty years.

The last five years. The last forty years. The last 100 years.

What of the following is not one of the main reasons cited for stress at work?
Staff cuts. Change at work. Increased workloads. Bullying. Pay increase. Long hours.

What is meant by the acronym RBT?

Resource-Based Techniques. Resource-Based Technology. Resource-Based Theory. Result-Based Theory. Research-Based Theory.

Which of the following statements is false?

Organisations are now generally focusing upon domestic rather than international markets. Organisations have been subject to a raft of organisational change programmes. Organisations have adopted more flexible forms. Organisations are now less hierarchical in nature.

What is the role of the TUC in the UK?

The TUC is a confederation of British unions. The TUC is a confederation of British workers. The TUC is a confederation of British employers. The TUC is a confederation of British managers.

What is meant by the acronym HPWS?

High Performance Work Scenario. High Pressure Work System. High Performance Work System. High Performance Wages System.

In the 'matching model' of HRM, what is meant by 'Cost driven HRM'?

Where a strategic planning process does not exist, but people are viewed as a resource. Where a strategic planning process does not exist, and people are viewed as a cost. Where a strategic planning process exists, and people are viewed as a resource. Where a strategic planning process exists, but people are viewed as a cost.