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Question 261. HR managers play vital role in
  1.    Setting production targets
  2.    Formulating strategies
  3.    Publishing financial statements
  4.    Preparing reports to shareholders
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Setting production targets
HR managers play vital role in setting production targets. Human resources professionals have many roles within an organization. They are responsible for formulating strategies that focus on recruiting and retaining top employees as well as overseeing projects that promote company-wide productivity.
Question 262. Which of the following term best represents the individuals who have interests in an Organisation and are influenced by it?
  1.    Workforce
  2.    Stakeholders
  3.    Customers
  4.    Stockholders
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Stakeholders
Stakeholders best represents the individuals who have interests in an Organisation and are influenced by it. Primary stakeholders are direct beneficiaries, such as employees who receive a raise because HR revised the company's compensation structure. Indirect or secondary stakeholders derive benefits from HR projects, such as a neighboring business that profits from a company hiring more staff.
Question 263. A practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside provider rather than completing it internally is termed as:
  1.    Planning
  2.    Decentralization
  3.    Restructuring
  4.    Outsourcing
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Outsourcing
A practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside provider rather than completing it internally is termed as Outsourcing. HR Outsourcing is a process in which the human resource activities of an organization are outsourced so as to focus on the organization`s core competencies. Often HR functions are complex and time consuming that it will create difficulty in managing other important thrust areas.
Question 264. Why Organisations provide, attractive salaries, fringe benefits, career development opportunities:
  1.    To retain valuable human resources
  2.    To be the market leader in the future
  3.    To attract more and more people
  4.    To enforce government regulations
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> To retain valuable human resources
To retain valuable human resources Organisations provides attractive salaries, fringe benefits and career development opportunities.
Question 265. Which of the following force makes an individual eligible to make decisions, give orders & directing work activities of others?
  1.    Power
  2.    Influence
  3.    Authority
  4.    Command
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Authority
Authority force makes an individual eligible to make decisions, give orders & directing work activities of others. Authority is the right to make decisions, to direct the work of others, and to give orders. Line managers are authorized to direct the work of subordinates and are directly in charge of accomplishing the organization's basic goals.
Question 266. Which of the following statement represents 'effectiveness'?
  1.    Achieve most output in less time
  2.    Achieve mass production
  3.    Achieve most output with least input
  4.    Achieve Organisational goals
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Achieve Organisational goals
Achieve Organisational goals statement represents 'effectiveness'. Organizational effectiveness can be defined as the efficiency with which an association is able to meet its objectives. This means an organization that produces a desired effect or an organization that is productive without waste.
Question 267. HR Department maintains records
  1.    Employee
  2.    Sales
  3.    Production
  4.    Inventory
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Employee
HR Department maintains Employee records. One of the primary responsibilities of the HR department is to maintain employee records and regularly keep them updated. It is not just a good practice but it is also made mandatory by the law. These records help companies gather and analyze comprehensive information about their workforce at a micro as well as macro level.
Question 268. Which of the following is NOT a goal of HRM?
  1.    Integration of HRM with the corporate strategy of the Organization
  2.    Producing the desired human behavior that helps to achieve Organisations goals
  3.    Creation of a flexible environment that can easily adopt change
  4.    To endure proper delivery of products
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> To endure proper delivery of products
To endure proper delivery of products is NOT a goal of HRM. The primary objective of HRM is to ensure the availability of a competent and willing workforce to an organization. Beyond this, there are other objectives, too. Specifically, HRM objectives are four folds- societal, organizational, functional, and personal.
Question 269. HRP stands for
  1.    Human resource project
  2.    Human resource planning
  3.    Human recruitment planning
  4.    Human recruitment procedure
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Human resource planning
HRP stands for Human resource planning. Human resource planning (HRP) is the continuous process of systematic planning ahead to achieve optimum use of an organization's most valuable asset quality employees.
Question 270. Why does the Resource-based view of SHRM represent a paradigm shift in SHRM thinking?
  1.    Because it focuses on the internal human resources of the business as a source of sustainable competitive advantage
  2.    Because it advocates tight vertical integration between the organisation's business strategy and human resource strategy.
  3.    Because it relies on a set of high-commitment HR practices to deliver sustainable competitive advantage.
  4.    Because it focuses on the external context of the business
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Because it focuses on the internal human resources of the business as a source of sustainable competitive advantage
The Resource-based view of SHRM represent a paradigm shift in SHRM thinking Because it focuses on the internal human resources of the business as a source of sustainable competitive advantage. The resource-based view (RBV) is a managerial framework used to determine the strategic resources a firm can exploit to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.

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