Creating a sense of community and shared values and goals among employees at a firmcan often increase:

decentralization within the firm.

innovation and customer focus within the firm.

decentralization within the firm.

gaps between the current situation and the future goals.

the disinterest of line managers.

One challenge of Strategic HR Planning is:

getting employees to accept empowerment strategies.

decreasing job security while lowering labor costs.

being appropriately reactive to problems in the firm and external environment.

building HR strategies independent of the overall business strategy of the company.

developing strategies that offer a firm a sustained competitive advantage.

Ima is focusing on recruiting qualified employees for her growing company, reviewing benefit plans in order to offer competitive compensation packages, and is generally very involved with a number of urgent HR needs and “fire fighting.” Ima is facing the strategic HR planning challenge of:

coping with the external environment.

reinforcing the overall business strategy with her HR strategies.

excessive concentration on day-to-day problems.

coping with the external environment.

securing management commitment to her HR strategies.

The challenges inherent in Strategic HR Planning include:

identifying HR constraints and limitations.

developing HR strategies suited to unique organizational features.

Rudy is writing a report about the individual challenges his firm is facing. Which of the following would Rudy NOT include in his report?

how to determine individuals’ performance in their respective jobs.

use of an employee’s credit history in determining her competency.

whether to increase fit between employees and their jobs.

whether to discipline an employee for excessive use of the Internet.

whether to outsource a specific job to a firm with more employees.

how to determine individuals’ performance in their respective jobs.

Which of the following is NOT critically important when determining which HR strategies will positively impact a firm’s performance?

organizational characteristics.

overall cost leadership strategy.

Organizational restructuring over the past two decades has led to:

fewer job opportunities for women and minorities.

hybrid organizations with diverse histories and workforces.

fewer job opportunities for women and minorities.

more managers and fewer laborers as automation eliminates lower-level jobs.

more megacorporations with multiple layers of management.

Many profitable American companies eliminate jobs ever year. This trend can beattributed to which of the following factors?

Companies’ need for more diverse work communities.

The need for fewer service and production workers in a more technological society.

The increasing dissatisfaction of firms with long-term employees.

Increasing competition in industry.

Companies’ need for more diverse work communities.

Refer to Case 1.1. The closing discussion about supporting the literacy program is an example of a company grappling with:

the individual challenge of empowerment.

the organizational challenge of workforce diversity.

the environmental challenge of rapid change.

the individual challenge of social responsibility.

Strategic Human Resource Planning provides a number of benefits to a company, such as:

providing strategies for responding to problems and crises as they arise.

relieving middle managers of their HRM responsibilities.

blurring the difference between line and staff management.

reducing costs by diversifying the company’s goals and objectives.

helping to identify the gap between a company’s current situation and vision.

When developing performance appraisals, a firm needs to make strategic HR choices concerning:

how to maintain the privacy of managers and employees while collecting data regarding their job performance.

how data will be used in job descriptions.

training and career development for those whose job performance is substandard.

the quality of work that an employee must exhibit in order to maintain his or her employment.

which kind of appraisal system (customized or general) will work best for the organization.

how to maintain the privacy of managers and employees while collecting data regarding their job performance.

The increased use of technology for telecommuting raises a number of issues for human resources, such as:

outsourcing work rather than using fulltime employees.

privacy rights regarding the data used by telecommuters.

more layers of management to watch/monitor telecommuters.

monitoring performance and overtime pay.

outsourcing work rather than using fulltime employees.

labor costs, as telecommuting is quite expensive.

Firmsthat are high on uncertainty or that operate in volatile environments wouldbenefit most from HR strategies that involve:

control emphasis and fixed pay.

centralized pay decisions and explicit job descriptions.

internal recruitment and a formal hiring process.

high dependency on superiors and uniform appraisal procedures.

Outsourcing presents a number of challenges to Human Resources in that:

employees require close monitoring by HRM, as subcontractors tend to take on less work than they can handle, meaning more subcontractors doing less work.

it raises labor costs while lowering production costs.

a firm is still accountable for the actions of its subcontractors, but it exercises less control over them.

employees require close monitoring by HRM, as subcontractors tend to take on less work than they can handle, meaning more subcontractors doing less work.

it increases customer use of service centers because customers tend to be more satisfied with subcontractors than with regular employee service representatives.

The relationship of the individual challenges HRM faces to the organizational challenges HRM faces:

is relevant in only a few challenges.

is one of little, if any, importance.

is one of reciprocity. Each affects the other.

is relevant in only a few challenges.

is similar to the relationship of labor relations to the use of technology.

poses a significant ethical dilemma to HR managers.

Creating and implementing ethics codes has generally:

significantly decreased the number of ethical issues being raised in companies.

made decision making for managers much more clear cut.

increased employee satisfaction with management.

caused an actual increase in ethical violations within companies.

caused employees to see their managers as acting in ways inconsistent with these ethical codes.

Small businesses have grown over the last decade. This growth may be attributed toa number of factors, including:

the growth and development of organizational cultures because of extensive restructuring in American corporations.

minorities breaking the glass ceiling.

the increase in “intrapreneurship” in large corporations.

large corporations becoming less attractive places to work, due to layoffs and fewer management opportunities.

the growth and development of organizational cultures because of extensive restructuring in American corporations.

the globalization of the marketplace.

An organization’s culture consists of a number of separate elements, such as:

the working environment climate or feel.

The impact of technology on organizational structure can be seen in the:

return of pyramidal structure due to the ease of transferring information between levels.

increase in authoritarian management in order to control access to technology and information.

changing nature of labor relations.

decrease in employees working at home.

ability of top management to bypass middle managers and deal directly with firstline managers.

Refer to Case 1.2. The HR strategies suggested are examples of:

business environment-oriented strategies.

Timberlake Corporation is reconsidering recent choices regarding employee and labor relations, including:

the discipline policy regarding Internet use at work.

the strong “top-down” communication from managers to subordinates.

the discipline policy regarding Internet use at work.

a policy that tends to protect employees’ interests over those of the employer.

the new on-the-job training for incoming employees.

compensation of managers versus compensation of lower-level employees.

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1001.	Yathrib was the old name of
A.	makkah
B.	madinah
C.	taif
D.	juddah
Answer» C. taif

1002.	Caliph Ali was assassinated by
A.	abu lu’lu firoz
B.	abdullah bin saba
C.	abdullah wahab
D.	abdul rahman bin muljim
Answer» E.

1003.	Ibn Khaldun was born in
A.	iraq
B.	egypt
C.	syria
D.	tunisia
Answer» E.

1004.	Musailamathul Kadhaab was killed during the caliphate of
A.	h. abu bakr
B.	h. umar
C.	h. uthman
D.	h. ali
Answer» B. h. umar

1005.	Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina in the year
A.	632 a.d.
B.	656 a.d.
C.	622 a
D.	(d) 611 a.d
Answer» D. (d) 611 a.d

1006.	Al-Rub al-Khali is the name of
A.	an ocean
B.	a river
C.	a capital
D.	a desert
Answer» E.

1007.	The Annual Fair of Ukaz in pre-Islamic Arabia was held at
A.	mecca
B.	madina
C.	riyad
D.	taif
Answer» E.

1008.	The term Jāhiliyah stands for
A.	times of ignorance
B.	computer age
C.	healthy times
D.	rainy season
Answer» B. computer age

1009.	Caliph Abu Bakr took charge of the Caliphate in the year
A.	630
B.	632
C.	634
D.	640
Answer» C. 634

1010.	The pact of Hudaybiah was signed by Prophet Muhammad in the year
A.	620
B.	625
C.	628
D.	630
Answer» D. 630

1011.	Caliph Ali shifted his capital from
A.	najaf to medina
B.	medina to karbala
C.	mecca to medina
D.	medina to kufa
Answer» E.

1013.	Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Mulūk, was written by
A.	al-tabari
B.	al-razi
C.	ibn sina
D.	al-ghazzali
Answer» B. al-razi

1014.	The battle of Yarmuk was fought in the year
A.	636
B.	646
C.	656
D.	667
Answer» B. 646

1015.	The battle of Badr was fought in the year
A.	632
B.	636
C.	624
D.	750
Answer» D. 750

1016.	The first revelation was received by the Prophet on
A.	shab-i-qadr
B.	shab-i-mi’raj
C.	shab-i-barat
D.	shab-i-noor
Answer» B. shab-i-mi’raj

1012.	Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation at the age of
A.	35
B.	40
C.	45
D.	50
Answer» C. 45

1017.	The battle of Jamal was fought between
A.	bibi ayshah & hazrat ali
B.	muawiyah & hazrat ali
C.	hazrat ali & yazid
D.	yazid & al-walid
Answer» B. muawiyah & hazrat ali

1018.	The famous desert ‘Al-Rub’al-Khāli’ is located in
A.	north of arabia
B.	east of arabia
C.	west of arabia
D.	south of arabia
Answer» E.

1019.	The Holy Prophet was brought up by Halimah who belonged to
A.	banu sa‘eed
B.	banu as‘ad
C.	banu su‘ād
D.	banu sa‘d
Answer» E.

1020.	The battle of Qadisiyah took place during the caliphate of
A.	mu ‘awiyah
B.	uthman
C.	ali
D.	umar
Answer» E.

1021.	Imam Malik was a
A.	mufassir
B.	muhaddith
C.	mutakallim
D.	mu‘arrikh
Answer» C. mutakallim

1022.	Laylat al-Qadr means- night of
A.	power
B.	bounty
C.	destiny
D.	mercy
Answer» B. bounty

1023.	Al-Hijāz means
A.	the barrier
B.	the rocky tract
C.	the pilgrimage centre
D.	the great desert
Answer» B. the rocky tract

1024.	The Moon-God of the pre-Islamic Arabs was
A.	laat
B.	wadd
C.	uzza
D.	hubal
Answer» E.

1025.	Creating a sense of community and shared values and goals among employees at a firmcan often increase:
A.	innovation and customer focus within the firm.
B.	decentralization within the firm.
C.	brain drain.
D.	gaps between the current situation and the future goals.
E.	the disinterest of line managers.
Answer» B. decentralization within the firm.

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The Annual Fair of Ukaz in pre-Islamic Arabia was held at

The term Jāhiliyah stands for

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Caliph Ali shifted his capital from

Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation at the age of

Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Mulūk, was written by

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The first revelation was received by the Prophet on

The battle of Jamal was fought between

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The Holy Prophet was brought up by Halimah who belonged to

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