Managing Human Resources Canadian 8th Edition by Belcourt - Test Bank

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

1. Employee productivity is the result of a combination of employees’ abilities, motivation, and work environment, and the technology they have to work with.

2. Employee leasing shifts administrative costs from the company to a professional employer organization.

3. Family-friendly companies may risk alienating those employees who cannot utilize benefits provided.

4. Organizations own their human capital, including investments made in training and development.

5. HR programs and assignments are often the primary method by which knowledge is transferred among employees.

6. Reallocation of resources and assets is most often the reason for failed change management.

7. Women are heavily concentrated in managerial occupations.

8. Employee leasing refers to employing workers in their homes rather than within the traditional office environment.

9. Some companies report that offering family-friendly benefits is so successful there are virtually no drawbacks.

10. Managing diversity means ensuring all employees are treated equally.

11. A recent study suggests that about 55 percent of Canada’s workforce will be impacted by globalization, with knowledge workers and manufacturing jobs taking the brunt of the impact of the competition by lower-wage countries.

12. A human resource information system (HRIS) provides current and accurate data for control and decision making by managers.

13. Due to increases in education, the gap between the educated and the non-educated is decreasing.

14. Managers in general and HR managers in particular should be concerned with the makeup and expectations of their employees.

15. HR professionals do not need to fully understand the economic and financial matters pertaining to their organization.

16. Currently, the percentage of women in the labour force is 35 percent.

17. One of the roles of HR managers is to act as employee advocates despite their positions as managers.

18. To be successful, organizations should seek to align their processes with customer needs.

19. Because HR managers function in an advisory role, they are responsible for issuing policy revisions and implementing them.

20. The introduction of advanced technology tends to increase the number of jobs that require basic skills.

21. The extent to which organizations are successful in focusing on internal management issues often separates the winners from the losers in today’s competitive world.

22. An HR manager is typically expected to function as an in-house consultant to supervisors, managers, and executives.

23. Because of its importance, HR managers in progressive organizations are frequently assuming sole responsibility for the implementation of information technology.

24. One of the main reasons change efforts fail is that organizations do not create a sense of urgency.

25. To launch a successful reengineering effort, it is important that managers build on existing processes.

26. Rather than simply laying off people in downsizing efforts, companies such as L.L. Bean rely upon voluntary separation programs to provide an incentive for employees to leave on their own accord.