Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following is least likely to be used to describe sustainable
competitive advantage?
something that
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Distinguishes a company from its competitors |
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Is not readily
duplicated |
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Provides positive economic benefits |
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Access to an abundant
resource |
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Three distinctive groups of international firms emerged from the analysis by
Scullion and Starkey (2000): centralized HR companies, decentralized HR companies
and transition HR companies.
Select the option to describe a company whereby there would be
only one or two corporate HR executives who undertook a more limited range of activities.
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Centralized HR companies |
c. |
Decentralized HR companies
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Transition HR companies |
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ABC MNC started out as a domestic organization in country X. They are
internationalising and are about to set up offices in country Y. They select Individuals from
country X to manage operations in country Y. Select the option that best describes their staffing
approach.
a. | Ethnocentric staffing | c. | Polycentric staffing
| b. | Geocentric staffing |
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ABC MNC started out as a domestic organization in country X. They are
internationalising and are about to set up offices in country Y. They select the best Individuals
from both country X and Y to manage operations in country Y. Select the option that best describes
their staffing approach.
a. | Ethnocentric staffing | c. | Polycentric staffing
| b. | Geocentric staffing |
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Consider a generic recruitment procedure. Select the activity most likely to
follow “Advertising the position”
a. | Prepare the job description | c. | Shortlist
applicants | b. | Seek references | d. | Interview candidates |
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Bartlett and Ghoshal (1989) saw of the development of a cadre of managers with a
global mindset is the only way in which organisations working across borders can deal effectively
with the complexity inherent in international business. Select the least true statement
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A global mindset can create a common culture |
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An organization
should include only parent country nationals in this group |
c. | International
assignments are used to develop such a mindset | d. |
Having one or more international assignments
may contribute to making a manager more globally minded |
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Which of the following is least likely to be utilised as a metric (set) for
organizational performance when focusing on HC?
a. | Efficiency | d. | Satisfaction | b. | Quality | e. | Commitment | c. | Effectiveness |
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Consider HRM systems & Performance - which item is not considered as a
mediating mechanism, through which HR policies are hypothesized to affect organizational
performance
a. | Motivation | c. | Satisfaction | b. | Commitment | d. | Innovation |
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9.
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 Identify the correct label for item “C” in
the figure above a. | Competence | c. | Competitive Advantage | b. | Motivation | d. | Productive Behaviour |
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Consider the following recruitment procedure  Select the label that
correctly defines step 6 in the diagram a. | Develop selection criteria | d. | Shortlist
Applicants | b. | Interview candidates | e. | Induction | c. | Advertise the position | f. | Deciding on the successful
applicant |
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Consider the following recruitment procedure  Select the label that
correctly defines step 9 in the diagram a. | Develop selection criteria | d. | Shortlist
Applicants | b. | Interview candidates | e. | Induction | c. | Advertise the position | f. | Deciding on the successful
applicant |
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The HR role has evolved over the 20th Century, match the era with the general
view of the HR Role
Role includes people planning, recruitment and selection, a centralised
approach dominates
a. | 1900-1920 (Industrial Age) | d. | 1975 | b. | 1925 (Scientific
Management) | e. | 2000 | c. | 1950 |
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Select the item normally considered a disadvantage of outsourcing the HR
function
a. | Access to HR expertise | c. | Loss of local processes and
knowledge | b. | Reduced risk | d. | Increased flexibility |
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Match the HR practice description with its correct label
Introducing a
new employee to his or her job and the organization
a. | Recruitment | d. | Training & Development | b. | Selection | e. | Performance Management | c. | Orientation | f. | HR Planning |
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Match the HR practice description with its correct label
Ensuring the
organization has the appropriate number of suitably skilled people in the right places and at the
right times
a. | Recruitment | d. | Training & Development | b. | Selection | e. | Performance Management | c. | Orientation | f. | HR Planning |
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