The Staffing Process

Q. 'Human resource management includes many specialized activities and duties.' Explain.

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What is the meaning of optimum utilisation of human resources and resources?

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Explain briefly 'transfers' and 'promotions' as internal sources of recruitment.

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Which of the following is not an external source of recruitment?

1. Casual callers

2. Promotion

3. Direct recruitment

4. Campus recruitment

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Which of the following is not a process of selection?

1. Manpower planning

2. Placement and orientation

3. Separation

4. Initiate action

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State the important features of Human Resource Management.

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is the process of choosing from among the pool of prospective candidates.

1. Recruitment
2. Selection
3. Orientation

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The human resource management function aims at ____________.

1. (A) ensuring that the human resources possess, adequate capital, tool equipment and material to perform the job successful

2. (B) helping the organisation deal with its employees in different stages of employment

3. (C) Improving an organisations credit worthiness among financial institutions

4. (D) Ensuring financial and marketing stability

Q. is defined as the process of searching prospective employees.

1. Recruitment
2. Selection
3. Orientation

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State the two important sources of recruitment.

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'Human Resource Management includes many specialised activities and duties'. State any four such activities.

Q. Manpower planning relates to forecasting and assessing needs.

1. Financial
2. Technical
3. Manpower

Q. Promotion is defined as giving a higher position to the employee, which carries more responsibilities and higher status. Promotion means advancement of an employee in terms of pay and status and also improvement in working conditions.

Which of the following is not a limited promotion process?

[1 mark]

1. More talented outsiders may not be employed
2. More talented outsiders may not be employed
3. The promoted employees may not possess the required knowledge and skills
4. No favouritism is involved as seniority and merit both are the basis for promotion

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Human Resource Management includes many specialised activities except____.

1. Collecting information about jobs
   

2. Staring a company
   

3. Training and development of employees
   

4. Searching for qualified people

Q. Which of the following activities lie within the scope of the Human Resource Department?

[1 mark]

1. Formulating compensation and incentive plans
2. Ensuring healthy labour relations and union management relations
3. Creating provision for social security and welfare of employees
4. All of the above

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___ relates to forecasting and assessing manpower needs.

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A company has its own recruitment policy to fill the vacant posts with a suitable employee. Too foster the spirit of loyalty and motivate the employees the middle level positions are filled from within the organization.

1. Job rotation

2. Promotion

3. Transfer

4. Employment exchanges

Q. Which of the following is a benefit of staff promotion?

[1 mark]

1. More talented outsiders may not be employed.
2. Helpful in retaining skilled and talented employees.
3. Promotion decisions may involve favouritism in the absence of clear-cut criteria.
4. Results in discontent and unrest among the employees.

Q. Promotion is defined as giving a higher position to the employee, which carries more responsibilities and higher status. Promotion means advancement of an employee in terms of pay and status and also improvement in working conditions.

What are the basis on which employees are given promotions?

[1 mark]

1. Only seniority
2. Only merit
3. Neither A nor B
4. Both A and B

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Ms. Jayshree recently completed her post-graduate diploma in human resource management. A few months from now a large steel manufacturing company appointed her as its human resource manager. As of new, the company employs 800 persons and has an expansion plan in hand, which may require another 200 persons for various types of additional requirements. Ms. Jayshree has been given complete charge of the company's human resource department.

What problems do you foresee in her job?

Q. Out of human resource management and staffing which one is wider?

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Ms. Jayshree recently completed her post-graduate diploma in human resource management. A few months from now a large steel manufacturing company appointed her as its human resource manager. As of new, the company employs 800 persons and has an expansion plan in hand, which may require another 200 persons for various types of additional requirements. Ms. Jayshree has been given complete charge of the company's human resource department.

How significant is her role in the organisation?

Q. Personnel Management is the recruitment; selection; development; utilisation; compensation; motivation of human resource by the organisation " this definition is given by ________.

1. Peter F Drucker
2. French Wendell
3. Edwin B. Flippo
4. Dirks

Q. Workforce planning involves all of the following except:

1. organising the training of staff
2. forecasting future personnel requirements
3. examining production plans in a factory
4. preparing and maintaining personnel records

Q. HRM involves:

1. Employee training
2. Industrial relation
3. Remuneration
4. All of these

Q. Write a word or a phrase or a term which can substitute each one of the following :

A function where recruitment, selection, training, development, etc. is done for the people.