True / False Questions
 

1. Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source of value to their organizations. 
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2. The concept of “human resource management” implies that employees are interchangeable, easily replaced assets that must be managed like any other physical asset. 
True    False

3. Human resources cannot be imitated. 
True    False

4. No two human resource departments will have precisely the same roles and responsibilities. 
True    False

5. Today, greater concern for innovation and quality has shifted the trend in job design to an increased use of narrowly defined jobs. 
True    False

6. An organization makes selection decisions in order to add employees to its workforce, as well as to transfer existing employees to new positions. 
True    False

7. In the context of performance management, when the person evaluating performance is not familiar with the details of the job, outcomes tend to be easier to evaluate than specific behaviors. 
True    False

8. The pay and benefits that employees earn play an important role in motivating them, except when rewards such as bonuses are linked to the individual’s or group’s achievements. 
True    False

9. Maintaining positive employee relations includes preparing and distributing employee handbooks that detail company policies and, in large organizations, company publications such as a monthly newsletter or a Web site on the organization’s intranet. 
True    False

10. Establishing and administering personnel policies allows the company to handle problematic situations more fairly and objectively than if it addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis. 
True    False

11. Currently, no federal laws outline how to use employee databases in order to protect employees’ privacy while also meeting employers’ and society’s concerns for security. 
True    False

12. Human resource management is increasingly becoming a purely administrative function. 
True    False

13. Evidence-based HR refers to the practice of initiating disciplinary action against employees only in the presence of clear and demonstrable proof of undesirable behavior. 
True    False

14. Corporate social responsibility describes a company’s commitment to meeting the needs of its stakeholders. 
True    False

15. To carry out the functions of talent manager/organizational designer effectively, an HR manager must possess knowledge of how the organization is structured and how that structure might be adjusted to help it meet its goals for developing and using employees’ talents. 
True    False

16. All HR skills require some ability as operational executor. 
True    False

17. In contrast to those in smaller organizations, supervisors in larger firms need not be familiar with the basics of HRM. 
True    False

18. Recent surveys indicate that managers have largely positive perceptions of the ethical conduct of U.S. businesses. 
True    False

19. According to the right of privacy, employers can conceal the nature of the job before hiring an employee. 
True    False

20. Mimi feels that her being denied promotion has more to do with her being a woman than with her performance. However, her supervisors and the HR department are refusing to hear her case. This indicates that Mimi has been denied her right to due process. 
True    False

21. In ethical, successful companies, the owners, not the employees, assume responsibility for the actions of the company. 
True    False

22. For human resource practices to be considered ethical, they must result in the greatest good for the largest number of people. 
True    False

23. The role of HR generalist is mostly limited to recruitment and selection. 
True    False

24. The vast majority of HRM professionals have a college degree. 
True    False

25. Some HRM professionals are members of professional associations, but many more have a professional certification in HRM. 
True    False