Question 1

Which of the following describes the ways an organization will attempt to fulfill its mission and achieve its long-term goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Internal analysis
B)  External analysis
C)  Vision statement
D)  Strategic choice
E)  Code of conductF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 2

External analysis attempts to identify an organization's strategic opportunities and threats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is used by an organization to identify its strengths and weaknesses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Job analysis
B)  Internal analysis
C)  Job characteristics model
D)  Competitor analysis
E)  Job modelingF) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Which type of strategy attempts to expand a company's resources or to strengthen its market position through acquiring or creating new businesses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Internal growth strategy
B)  Retrenchment strategy
C)  External growth strategy
D)  Divestment strategy
E)  Concentration strategyF) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true for companies that employ cost strategies?

Accepted Answer

A)  They focus on high-quality production rather than efficient production.
B)  They are very specific in the skills they require from their employees.
C)  They shy away from investing in training employees in the skills they need.
D)  They seek greater creativity by providing broader career paths to employees than companies that employ differentiation strategy.
E)  They encourage their employees to take greater risks.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

What are the four directional strategies that firms use to meet their objectives?

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Question 7

A company employing a differentiation strategy requires employees who:

Accepted Answer

A)  are highly creative and cooperative.
B)  have high concern for quantity.
C)  tend to be risk averse.
D)  have a short-term focus.
E)  have less tolerance for ambiguity.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true regarding companies that are not diversified?

Accepted Answer

A)  Such companies typically use quantitative measures of performance to evaluate managers.
B)  In such companies, top-managers have less knowledge about managers below them in the hierarchy.
C)  In such companies, executives tend to focus on evaluating the objective performance results of their subordinate managers.
D)  They have evaluation systems that call for subjective performance assessments of managers.
E)  People above the first-level managers in the hierarchy of such companies have limited knowledge about work-related tasks that should be performed.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 9

What are the five major components of the strategic management process that are relevant to strategy formulation?

Accepted Answer

The five major components of the strateg...

Question 10

Strategic planning groups decide on a strategic direction during the strategy implementation phase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What can human resource managers do to ensure that the human resource management function is integrally involved in the company's strategic management process?

Accepted Answer

To be maximally effective, the human res...

Question 12

To be maximally effective, the human resource management function of a company must be isolated from the company's strategic management process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

During _____, the strategic planning groups decide on a strategic direction by defining the company's mission and goals, its external opportunities and threats, and its internal strengths and weaknesses.

Accepted Answer

A)  strategy implementation
B)  task design
C)  selection and training
D)  strategy formulation
E)  strategy evaluationF) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

An overall cost leadership strategy is achieved primarily by offering unique product features.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Differentiation companies will have compensation systems that are geared toward internal rather than external equity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Concentration strategies require that an organization bring radical change to the current skills that exist in the organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Mission, goals, external analysis, internal analysis, and strategic choices are the five major components of the _____ process.

Accepted Answer

A)  recruitment
B)  strategy formulation
C)  orientation
D)  job designing
E)  job engagementF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following activities entails specifying those activities and outcomes that will result in the organization successfully implementing the strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Divestment
B)  Differentiation
C)  Performance management
D)  Job enlargement
E)  Realistic job previewF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

What are the human resource challenges faced by a firm adopting an internal growth strategy?

Accepted Answer

Internal growth strategies present uniqu...

Question 20

Which of the following is true of one-way linkage?

Accepted Answer

A)  In this level, the human resource management executive has no time or opportunity to take a strategic outlook toward human resource issues.
B)  It precludes the company from considering human resource issues while formulating the strategic plan.
C)  In this level, the human resource management functions are built right into the strategy formulation process.
D)  In this level, the human resource management function is involved in both strategy formulation and strategy implementation.
E)  It lets the human resource management executive to give strategic planners information about the company's human resource capabilities.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Exam 2: Strategic Human Resource Management

Which of the following statements is true regarding companies that are not diversified?

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During _____, the strategic planning groups decide on a strategic direction by defining the company's mission and goals, its external opportunities and threats, and its internal strengths and weaknesses.

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External analysis attempts to identify an organization's strategic opportunities and threats.

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Which of the following statements is true for companies that employ cost strategies?

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What are the human resource challenges faced by a firm adopting an internal growth strategy?

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A company employing a differentiation strategy requires employees who:

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Strategic planning groups decide on a strategic direction during the strategy implementation phase.

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An overall cost leadership strategy is achieved primarily by offering unique product features.

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Which of the following is true of one-way linkage?

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To be maximally effective, the human resource management function of a company must be isolated from the company's strategic management process.

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Which type of strategy attempts to expand a company's resources or to strengthen its market position through acquiring or creating new businesses?

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Which of the following activities entails specifying those activities and outcomes that will result in the organization successfully implementing the strategy?

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Which of the following is used by an organization to identify its strengths and weaknesses?

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Differentiation companies will have compensation systems that are geared toward internal rather than external equity.

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Mission, goals, external analysis, internal analysis, and strategic choices are the five major components of the _____ process.

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