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Q - 1 .Companies are designing ...... programs to increase employee productivity, control attrition, prevent job burnout and obsolescence, and improve the quality of employees work lives.

• Employee growth
• Recruitment
• Selection
• Appraisal

Q - 2 .Why are employers interested in employee engagement?

• To encourage employees to trust their managers
• To make a quick profit
• Because engaged employees are more motivated and prepared to give of their best to make the firm succeed
• To make employees work harder for less

Q - 3 .HPWP stands for?

• High Performance work Places
• Heightened Performance working Practices
• High Performance Work Practices
• Higher Performing working People

Q - 4 .The training and development involves the following : Pick up odd one

• Identification of training needs
• Conducting the training
• Duration of training
• Selection and development of trainers

Q - 5 .The term  Training indicated any process by which the aptitudes skills and abilities of employees to perform specific jobs are ......

• Evaluated
• Rated
• Decreased
• Increased

Q - 6 .A Job Analysis record includes the preparation of ...... and ......

• Role and Task
• KRA and Appraisal
• Job Description , Job specification
• Training Needs and Application Blank

Q - 7 .Employee violate rules of organisation as mentioned in the standing orders. Because of which he has to leave the job is an example of ......

• Forced Retirement
• Premature Retirement
• Compulsory Retirement
• Voluntary Retirement

Q - 8 .When the adult education is organized with the model (for children), it is known as.....

• Child modeling
• Andragogy
• Pedagogy
• paragogy

Q - 9 .What is a significant problem with both 'act' and 'rule' utilitarianism?

• Ethnocentricity
• Complexity
• Intolerance
• Injustice

Q - 10 .Which German philosopher was a great proponent of deontological ethics?

• Nietzsche
• Marx
• Kant
• Hegel

Q - 11 .Chase's study (1997) identified what issue as being the biggest obstacle to creating a knowledge creating company?

• Limited resources for training and development
• Organizational culture
• Failure of management
• Inability to access learning material

Q - 12 .According to Gilmore and Williams, what type of organization does much of the literature focus on?

• Unions
• Businesses
• Service providers
• Governments

Q - 13 .In designing recruitment activities, what two central issues are addressed?

• Cost and applicant fit within organizational culture
• Cost and places to look for applicants
• Cost and methods to use to find applicants
• Methods to use to find applicants and sources to target

Q - 14 .The Thayer and McGhee model has following three factors.

• Financial, Political, Social analysis
• Organization, Task, Man analysis
• Quality, Production, operation analysis
• Markovian, Ratio, Trend analysis

Q - 15 .To control employee behavior at work place as daydreaming, forgetfulness, absenteeism, tardiness, sabotage, alcoholism and drug abuse can be analysed through&

• Through Trait theory
• Through psychoanalytical studies
• Through self concept theory
• Through Social learing theory

Q - 16 .MBO process does not involve:

• Setting Goals
• Seeking Participation
• Exchanging Feedback
• Appraisal of Employees

Q - 17 .The practice in which  senior executives periodically review their top executives and those in the nextlower level to determine several backups for each senior or key position in the firm is termed as:

• Performance appraisal
• Succession planning
• Management development
• Training

Q - 18 .Rational Economic View is referred to as:

• Equity theory
• Scientific Management
• Human Relations Model
• Need Hierarchy Theory

Q - 19 .Objectives of HRM is mainly related to understand ...

• the fundamentals of HRM.
• Customer and Staff behaviour.
• The comprehensive perspective of HRM & relationship with HR
• The role of HR professionals & development of HR functions.

Q - 20 .The compensation paid to the Clerical and Administrative employees is commonly referred to:

• Wages
• Salary
• Perks
• Fees

Q - 21 .Identify true statement from the following:

• Wage, salary and remuneration all mean the same
• The reward linked to the performance generally improves the motivation level of employees
• It is not necessary to give market-linked wages to employees. They may otherwise continue because of lack of alternate jobs
• Uniform wage structure helps in improving the performance

Q - 22 .What are generally the most common reasons for employee grievances?

• A breakdown of relationships
• Poor catering facilities
• Inadequate IT systems
• Allegations of bullying and harassment

Q - 23 .Who famously adopted Taylor's Scientific Management approach?

• Ronald McDonald
• Ralph Lauren
• Henry Ford
• James Dyson

Q - 24 .Footloose companies are those that?

• Manufacture footwear in developing countries.
• Go abroad for cheap labour and loose legal constraints.
• Seek to locate in countries that offer markets, reduced resource costs and lower rates of corporation taxes.
• Deal in procurements.

Q - 25 .What type of approach has Gilmore and Williams taken towards pay and reward?

• Contingency
• Unitarist
• 'ideal type'
• Economistic

Q - 26 .According to Gilmore and Williams the employment-related legislation that has been enacted over the last two centuries has followed what trend?

• To carry out directives that improves the wider community and society.
• To improve working conditions for workers.
• To balance the unequal power relationship between employers and workers.
• To increase training and development of workers.

Q - 27 .The famous study undertaken by US social scientist Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger at the Western Electric s plant in Chicago is known as:

• The scientific study
• The behavioural studies
• The Hawthorne Studies
• The Organisational studies

Q - 28 .With regard to HRM, Frederick Taylor gave concept of......

• Division of Labour
• Time and Motion Study
• Both a & b
• None

Q - 29 .Inner self of self development concept signifies. Pick up the odd one.

• Behaviour pattern
• Values and other psychological factor
• Strenght and weakness
• Individual identity and physical features

Q - 30 .In the life stages of adulthood guiding of next generation start up...

• Adolescence
• Young Adulthood
• Adulthood
• Maturity

Q - 31 .High Horizons is a manufacturing Unit dealing with the manufacturing of car accessories. Currently it is not doing well because of tuff market competition and there are financial crisis also. The Manager Mr. R. Menon is worried because of decreasing interest of employees and low productivity. What steps he could take to improve the situation.

• Introduce Monetary Incentives
• Reduce the employee strength to cut costs
• Introduce certain recognition Programmes to improve Employee Morale
• Suggest the management to sell of the unit

Q - 32 .What proportion of countries around the world have no comprehensive equality laws in place?

• 20 per cent
• 40 per cent
• 60 per cent
• 80 per cent

Q - 33 .Which theories hold that learning occurs only when learners have the 'freedom to learn' ?

• Organismic Theories
• Mechanistic Theories
• Cognitive Theories
• Behaviourist Theories

Q - 34 .An employee is separated from the organization by way of Lay off when

• When he lacks skills
• Employer could not employ the employee
• When he commits a mistake
• none of the above.

Q - 35 .Which consulting company is associated with the concept of talent management?

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Boston Consulting Group
• Deloitte
• McKinsey

Q - 36 .Following are the steps of Grievance handling; they are not given in proper sequence. I. Analyze and divide II. Follow up Ill. Receive and define the nature of the dissatisfaction IV. Get the facts V. Apply the answer Choose the correct sequence from the options given below.

• V, ii, iv, iii, I
• iii, iv, i, v ,ii
• i. iii. iv. ii. v
• i. ii. v. iv. iii

Q - 37 .Leadership style of the Boss indicate as ......

• laissez faire
• Country club
• Autocratic
• None of the above

Q - 38 .Morale " The overall tone, climate or atmosphere of work perhaps regularly sensed by the members." is given by ......

• W. Edwards Deming
• Joseph Juran
• Yoder Dale
• Karu Ishikawa

Q - 39 .Difficulties in defining bullying, have led to the development of what types of initiatives?

• Dignity-at-work
• Anti-bullying at work
• Decency and cooperation
• Decency-at-work

Q - 40 .In Defence under some department  after 15 yrs of service, person has to retire from his post.

• Forced Retirement
• Premature Retirement
• Compulsory Retirement
• Voluntary Retirement

Q - 41 .Which of the following is not the essential characteristic of the strategic types of information?

• Simulated  what if information of a short-term nature
• Competitive actions
• Demographic studies
• Customer actions

Q - 42 .Identify false (not true) statements from the following:

• Psychoanalytical theory is primarily based on the Freudian concept
• Self concept theory believes that personality and behaviour are to a great extent determined by the individual himself
• Trait theory explains that most of the traits are common in people
• Social learning theory believes that personality development is more a result of social variables than biological factors

Q - 43 .Why is job analysis so infused with organizational politics? Is it:

• Because it is a process which could lead to contraction of employees in a department and therefore diminishing its power base.
• A result of interdepartmental rivalry.
• Because it is not an objective activity.
• Because it is a process through which companies try to shed labour.

Q - 44 .'New pay' is overtly...?

• Employee driven
• Managerialistic
• Unionised
• Hierarchical

Q - 45 .The education model available for education of children is called ......

• Andragogy
• Cognitive
• Pedagogy
• Minorology

Q - 46 .Which label can be applied for the purpose of facilitating communication, in learning for growth of the individual not related to a specific present or future job ?

• Training
• Education
• Development
• None of the above

Q - 47 .In which career patterns or concept a individual take a new job and reaches higher position than go to some another type of job.

• Linear career
• Steady state career
• Transitory patterns
• Spiral career

Q - 48 .According to the Leitch Review of Skills (2006), the ability of firms to succeed in the face of growing international competition depends increasingly on:

• Work culture
• Relaxed legal system
• Good infrastructure
• Skilled labour

Q - 49 .What is the major problem with the theorizing of strategic IHRM?

• It becomes obsolete very quickly as change occurs so fast.
• It is biased towards western ideas.
• It tends to offer a highly idealized perspective on strategy formulation.
• It fails to incorporate conflict.

Q - 50 ....... is one of the acceptable method for obtaining feedback in training.

• Structured Interview
• Performance after Training
• Improvement after Training
• Employee Turnover Rate

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