HRM 300T Wk 5 – Practice: Week 5 Practice Assignment

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How an organization is going to reach its goals is considered its ___________.

Organizational development

Culture

Competitive strategy

Strategy

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Which of the following factors is part of an organization’s internal environment?

The economy

Competitors

Corporate culture

International trade

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Because many new workers entering the workforce today are more cynical and less patient with respect to authority, they sometimes do not get along with older workers who traditionally have accepted, and even expected, authority in the workplace. What is the HR function that will help resolve this conflict?

Know how to retain employees

Know how to recruit employees

Know how to manage the skills of young workers

Know how to manage supervisors

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Which of the following is not true of corporate strategy?

Strategy should help an organization achieve its long-term goals.

Corporate strategy should have as little effect as possible on the current organizational culture.

Corporate strategy should be developed in light of the internal and external environment of an organization.

It determines how an organization is going to compete in the market.

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What is a societal trend that affects HR and its functions?

Decreased competition

Decrease in the speed of external changes

Higher unemployment rate

Symptoms of dysfunction in the workplace

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What does strategic fit mean?

How well the company fits its processes with its goals

How well the company fits its goals with its internal resources

How well the company fits its goals to the company culture

How well the company fits its internal capabilities with external opportunities

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What is strategy?

Strategy is innovation within the firm.

Strategy describes environmental efforts of the firm.

Strategy refers to how an organization is going to compete.

Strategy is an explanation of past performance.

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Which of the following acts was created to ban unfair union practices?

Taft-Hartley Act

National Labor Relations Board

Norris-LaGuardia Act

Wagner Act

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Of these issues, which one has given rise to more difficult problems in negotiations and collective bargaining than the others?

Issues over grievance handling

Issues over benefits

Issues over wages

Issues over working conditions

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Which of the following led to the initial development of unions, historically speaking?

Downsizing in a global environment

Poor working conditions

The Norris-LaGuardia Act

The Taft-Hartley Act

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What has been the norm in the traditional union-management relationship?

Unions are authoritative to the members and management.

Management is authoritative to the union.

Unions and management work together in a cooperative relationship.

Negotiation occurs between unions and management.

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Collective bargaining includes all of the following except ________.

Interpreting the collective agreement

Enforcing only the wants of the employees

Resolving conflicts

Creating a collective agreement

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What happens at the end of mediation?

A neutral third party assists the union and management negotiators in reaching a voluntary agreement.

Management and the union are able to come to an agreement without outside help.

Labor lawyers for management and the union reach a bargaining agreement between management and the union.

A neutral third party makes recommendations that are binding on the parties.

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Which type of union lets employees decide whether or not they want to join the union, although they are required to pay dues whether or not they join?

Open shop

Agency shop

Closed shop

Union shop

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Under what condition can organizations be improved?

When the focus is from top to bottom

When the focus is on administration

When the focus is on blaming

When the focus is on learning

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Which of the following is a static change in an organization?

Acquiring another firm

Changing paperwork to a different format

Getting rid of a production facility

Pivoting the company to focus on a new market

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Which of the following statements is correct about different types of change in an organization?

Incremental changes are definite and occur almost instantly.

Quantum changes are small and quick.

Dynamic change evolves over time.

Static changes are small steps that occur over time.

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All of the following are advantages organizations can experience when they go through significant change except _________.

Change can allow the firm to compete in today’s global environment

Change can allow the firm to address specific challenges

Change can allow the firm to find what has prevented it from achieving strategic goals

Change can allow the firm to remain unaffected by the external environment

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In which phase of the business life cycle would an organization be in if it was very top-heavy in administration?

Recline

Death

Decline

Incline

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Which of the following can best help an organization implement change?

Align change with strategic goals and external conditions.

Implement change first and then identify specific techniques.

Explain the change to managers and allow employees to notice the difference on their own.

Ensure that the changes are small and implement them one at a time.