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Question 21. Which of the following role a manager performs as a Resource allocator?
  1.    Interpersonal role
  2.    Decisional role
  3.    Informational role
  4.    Supportive role
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Decisional role
A manager performs decisional role as a Resource allocator. The resource allocator role is one of the four decisional managerial roles because its primary focus is on making and implementing decisions. Familiarity with the resource allocator and other managerial roles allows both new and seasoned supervisors to understand a manager's job.
Question 22. Is the main source of innovations
  1.    Upgraded technology
  2.    Human mind
  3.    Competitors' pressure
  4.    Research & Development
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Human mind
Human mind is the main source of innovations. In business, innovation often results when ideas are applied by the company in order to further satisfy the needs and expectations of the customers.
Question 23. The Job Characteristics Model is one of the most influential attempts to___________
  1.    Design jobs with increased motivational properties
  2.    Assign jobs with proper motivational properties
  3.    Analyse jobs with increase and proper motivation
  4.    Describe jobs with increase motivation for proper jobs
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Describe jobs with increase motivation for proper jobs
The Job Characteristics Model is one of the most influential attempts to describe jobs with increase motivation for proper jobs. The job characteristics model applicable to a business identifies the job characteristics of skill variety, autonomy, task significance, task identity and feedback, and the outcomes of high job performance, high job satisfaction, high intrinsic motivation, and low absenteeism or turnover.
Question 24. A broad statement of the purpose, scope, duties and responsibilities of a particular job is___________
  1.    Job specification
  2.    Job description
  3.    Job analysis
  4.    Job design
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Job analysis
A broad statement of the purpose, scope, duties and responsibilities of a particular job is Job analysis. A job analysis is a process used to collect information about the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work environment of a particular job.
Question 25. Strategic management process usually consists of ______steps.
  1.    Four
  2.    Five
  3.    Six
  4.    Seven
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Five
Strategic management process usually consists of Five steps. The process of strategic management includes goal setting, analysis, strategy formation, strategy implementation, and strategy monitoring.
Question 26. Treating employees as precious human resources is the basis of the ___________ approach
  1.    Hard HRM
  2.    Soft HRM
  3.    Medium HRM
  4.    Utiliarian approach
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Soft HRM
Treating employees as precious human resources is the basis of the Soft HRM approach. Human resource management (HRM) has frequently been described as a concept with two distinct forms: soft and hard. The soft model emphasizes individuals and their self-direction and places commitment, trust, and self-regulated behaviour at the centre of any strategic approach to people.
Question 27. Executive recruiters are also called___________
  1.    head hunters
  2.    staffers
  3.    alternative staffing companies
  4.    contract technical recruiters
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> head hunters
Executive recruiters are also called head hunters. A headhunter is a company or individual that provides employment recruiting services. Headhunters are hired by firms to find talent and to locate individuals who meet specific job requirements. Employers tend to enlist headhunters when they are unable to find the right person to fill a role on their own.
Question 28. ___________tests have proven to be particularly good predictors for jobs that require
  1.    Intelligence
  2.    Integrity
  3.    Work sampling
  4.    Aptitude
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Intelligence
Intelligence tests have proven to be particularly good predictors for jobs that require. Tests of intellectual ability, spatial and mechanical ability, perceptual accuracy, and motor ability are moderately valid predictors for many semiskilled and unskilled lower-level jobs in industrial organizations.
Question 29. Although many authors experience difficulty in distinguishing between personnel management and HRM, it can be argued that HRM is the elevation of personnel management to a more ________ Level.
  1.    Strategic
  2.    Organisational
  3.    Operational
  4.    Centralized
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Organisational
Although many authors experience difficulty in distinguishing between personnel management and HRM, it can be argued that HRM is the elevation of personnel management to a more organisational Level. HRM concentrates on maintaining human resources by acquiring, developing and motivating them at organisational Level.
Question 30. HRM is more___________ whereas Personnel Management is slightly narrow
  1.    Complex
  2.    Detailed
  3.    Mechanical
  4.    Growth-oriented
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Growth-oriented
HRM is more growth-oriented whereas Personnel Management is slightly narrow. Personnel management is a little old and a more traditional way of handling employees at a workplace; whereas HRM is a more modern and a more specific approach to managing human resources in an organization.

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