07/12/2017 Human Resource Development - - Unit 3 - Week 2

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Week 1 1) Which of the following serves as a frame for the theory of HRD? 1 point

Time
Week 2
Ethics
Lecture 6: The Business conditions
Context of HRD
Societal values
Lecture 7: The
Context of HRD
(Contd.)

Lecture 8 : The Accepted Answers:

Context of HRD Ethics
(Contd.)
2) The complex and dynamic interactions of environments, organizations, work 1 point
Lecture 9: The
Context of HRD
process, and group/individual variables operating at any point in time and over time is
(Contd.) referred to as:
Lecture 10: The Psychological theory
Context of HRD
(Contd.)
Ecological framework
Economic theory
Quiz : Week 2
Assignment
Systems theory
Week 2 PPT

Supplementary
Material Accepted Answers:
Systems theory
Supplementary
material 2 3) The statement, that HRD must add short and long term value from investments 1 point
Supplementary in the development of knowledge and expertise in individual and groups of individuals;
material 3 considers human resources as:
Supplementary Scarce resource
material 4
Perfect economic resource
Week 2
Human capital
Solutions
Renewable resource
Feedback for
week 2

Week 3
Accepted Answers:

Week 4
Human capital
4) Purposive behaviorism is reflected in which of the following statements: 1 point
Week 5

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Week 6 HRD must harmonize the goals and behaviours among individual contributors,
work process owners, and organizational leaders.
Week 7 HRD must develop the knowledge and expertise of individual contributors, work
process owners, and organizational leaders.
Week 8 HRD must clarify the goals of individual contributors, work process owners,
and/or organizational leaders.
Week 9
HRD must provide secure work processes, work systems, and regulate work place
Week 10
relationships.

Week 11

Accepted Answers:
Week 12
HRD must harmonize the goals and behaviours among individual contributors, work proces
owners, and organizational leaders.
1.5) The knowledge, expertise, and skill accumulated through education and training 1 point
is referred to as:
Human assets
Human capital
Human resources
Human development

Accepted Answers:
Human capital
6) Firms operating in multiple countries adopt a global perspective of HRD in order1 point
to:
Take care of differences in cultures, values across nations
Minimize HR cost
Optimize technology integration in HR
Minimize attrition

Accepted Answers:
Take care of differences in cultures, values across nations
7) Hawthorne studies is associated with which of the following: 1 point

Industrial relations
Human relations
Welfare measures at workplace
Modernist approach to management

Accepted Answers:
Human relations
8) Which of the following characterizes the input-process-output approach of 1 point
organizational system?
Analyse, Propose, Create, Implement, Assess
Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control
Stimulus, Response, Outcome
Do, Measure, Assess, Report progress

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Accepted Answers:
Analyse, Propose, Create, Implement, Assess
9) Which of the following is not associated with strategic HRD (SHRD)? 1 point

Long term development of human resources in the firm

Alignment of HRD with strategic goals of the firm
Operational, day to day performance of the firm
Integrating multiple strategies to facilitate learning, performance and change in
firms

Accepted Answers:
Operational, day to day performance of the firm
10)HR scorecard is most suitable for which of the following? 1 point

Measuring HR outcomes
Evaluating inputs to HR plans
Systematic information processing in the firm
Reducing conflict within functions of the firm

Accepted Answers:
Measuring HR outcomes
11)Controlling employee behavior by decreasing occurrences of behavior by 1 point
eliminating reinforcement that causes the behavior, is referred to as:
Elimination
Extinction
Appraisal
Negative reinforcement

Accepted Answers:
Extinction
12)The approach to strategic HRD wherein it is viewed as an investment by the firm1 point
and exercise of rational choice on the part of individuals, is referred to as:
Net worth approach
Strategic approach
Human capital approach
Network approach

Accepted Answers:
Human capital approach
13)Theresource based approach in strategic human resource development is 1 point
associated with which of the following?
Competitive advantage of the firm
Market capitalization of the firm
Ethical performance of the firm
High employee engagement in the firm

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Accepted Answers:
Competitive advantage of the firm
14)Use of HRD practices as tools to shape patterns of behaviour that help 1 point
organizations achieve goals and objectives is referred to as:
Outcome based approach to SHRD
Process based approach to SHRD
Behavioural perspective of SHRD
Psychological perspective to SHRD

Accepted Answers:
Behavioural perspective of SHRD
15)Amethod to modify employee behavior wherein an adverse consequence is 1 point
introduced immediately after display of behavior, is known as:
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Threat
Adaptation

Accepted Answers:
Punishment

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