hr continuum quiz - 2009

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HR Continuum Quiz - 2009

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Q1) Which Theory



Q2

• What are the common 'four C's' or HR policies

that “have” to be achieved.



Q3

• The process of NOT HIRING replacements for

employees who leave is known as

a) Attrition

b) Hiring Shortfalls

c) Hiring curbsd) Zero replacement



Q4

• What is buyback when you talk in terms of

employees?



Q5) Connect



Q6) What term and context



Q7

• An interesting technique (simulation) which

tries to make the strange seem familiar and

the familiar seem strange.



Q8) What are these?

• Catalytic Government (steering rather than rowing)

• Community-owned Government (empowering rather than serving)

• Competitive Government (injecting competition into service delivery)

• Mission-driven Government (transforming rule-driven organizations)

• Results-oriented Government (funding outcomes, not inputs)

• Customer-driven Government (meeting the needs of the customer, notthe bureaucracy)

• Enterprising Government (earning rather than spending)

• Anticipatory Government (prevention rather than cure)

• Decentralized Government (from hierarchy to participation andteamwork)

• Market-oriented Government (leveraging change trough the market)



Q10

• …… is a form of reactivity whereby subjects

improve an aspect of their behavior being

experimentally measured simply in response

to the fact that they are being studied not in

response to any particular experimental

manipulation



Q11

• Usually during times of change, what do

psychic costs comprise of (part points on offer

here!)



Q12) What is being shown here?



Q13

• Flexible benefits that allow the employee to

select the fringe benefits and services of their

choice



Q14) Connect



Q15

• The right to receive part of money a company

has invested in a pension fund, even if the

employee leaves the company is called:

a) Fiduciary Responsibility

b) Funding

c) Portability

d) Vesting

e) None of the above



Q16

• The simplest method of job evaluation of the

below is:

A) Job Ranking

B) Point Method

C) Classification

D) Factor Comparison



Q17) Connect ***

*** - Worth 2 points – A little bit of lateral thinking required



Q18)

• It was initially founded as a brokerage housefocusing on insurance and personal financialservices. It was that time in the US populationhad grown to about 135 million, the economy

was robust, and President FDR was reelected.Unfortunately, the war raging in Europe wasabout to bring the United States into whatbecame World War 2. During and after the war,

"its" particular expertise became immenselyvaluable when the government instituted pay asyou go income taxes. The war was the turningpoint of this company's future. Which is this?



Q19) Connect



Q21)

• The 2 major laws related to the equality and

empowerment of Women are the Maternity

Benefit Act, 1961 and the ……. ?



Q23) Identify



Q24)

How best can a leader challenge employees to

develop professional skills?

A. Saying little unless something is wrong.

B. Personally determining performance

standards.

C. Allowing a reasonable margin of error.

D. Setting objectives for subordinates.



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