HRM 300 Week 1 Assignment Apply HR Structure and Role Test

1.         Review Week 1 Knowledge Check.

 

Choose the single best answer for each of the questions in the Week 1 HR Structure and its Role Test.

 

Note: The question answers are randomized. You have only one attempt available to complete assignments.

2.         Scenario:

You are a human resource director at a growing new service-providing tech company called Consolidation Tech Plus (CTP), Inc. The company has grown large enough to have a full-time human resource department. Currently, the company is staffed with approximately 175 employees. The company has projected it will grow to 350 employees in the next two years. You have been asked to set up the new HR department and provide a Strategic Human Resource Staffing Plan. While establishing this new HR department, it is imperative to understand changes and trends in the work environment, and establish how HR will play such a critical role in the new growing organization.

 

As the new HR Director, you are tasked with explaining to company management and new human resources personnel how using good human resources techniques can vastly benefit the organization. CTP’s recruitment goals are to hire the most talented applicants from across the country and world. You have also been advised by a SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) consultant to recruit candidates with an MBA for your top-level positions. You first new hire was Tara Robles as your Senior HR Manager. About 23% of CTP employees will be freelancers and consultants. CTP will utilize non-traditional employees for certain positions as they continue to grow.

3.         Question 1

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What are the challenges (trends) Consolidation Tech Plus (CTP), Inc. should be aware of in the environment of human resource management that require HR to play a more central role in this growing organization?

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Workforce diversity challenges, technological challenges, and economic challenges

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Communication, employee satisfaction, and safe work environment

3.        

Sales promotion, financial health, and production processes

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Hiring employees, administering benefits, and conducting appraisals

4.         Question 2

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Currently CTP does not have a diverse workforce. How is the workforce likely to become more diverse?

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There will be a higher percentage of minority group members in the workplace.

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Work will be contracted to foreign companies.

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The company will offer a more diverse product line to attract new customers.

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There will be fewer women in the workplace.

1.         Question 3

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If CTP is going to have an effective human resource department then the company must understand that human resources is best defined as the process of ________.

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Outsourcing and offshoring clerical jobs to foreign countries

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Controlling and orienting new employees

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Acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees

4.        

Organizing and scheduling work activities for teams

2.         Question 4

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Using best practices as utilized in most organizations and by most professionals, CTP human resource managers should be categorized as ________, who assist and advise ________ in areas like recruiting, hiring, and compensation.

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Line managers; middle managers

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Line managers; staff managers

3.        

Staff managers; line managers

4.        

Functional managers; staff managers

3.         Question 5

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Which of the following best explains why a human resource management department in CTP is important to not only the company but all managers?

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Technological changes and global competition require clear organization charts.

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Economic challenges facing the world call for advanced cost-cutting and streamlining.

3.        

Investing in human capital enables managers to achieve positive results for the firm.

4.        

An enthusiastic labor force is likely to provide financial support to local unions.

4.         Question 6

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Personnel mistakes to be avoided by the CTP human resource department while managing should include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

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Offering training and development programs

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Hiring the wrong person for the job

3.        

Experiencing high turnover

4.        

Having your company in court due to your discriminatory actions

5.         Question 7

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CTP, as does most modern employers, will expect HR managers in the company to do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

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Recruit the talent they need

2.        

Communicate with shareholders

3.        

Hire foreign workers

4.        

Retain retirees

6.         Question 8

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By 2024, U.S.-based service-providing industries like CTP are expected to account for ________ of wage and salary jobs overall.

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81%

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64%

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53%

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72%

7.         Question 9

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Companies like CTP that rely on freelancers, consultants, and other such non-traditional employees need special HR _____________ and __________ to deal with them.

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Policies and practices

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Compensation and bonuses

3.        

Orientation and training

4.        

Leaders and hours

8.         Question 10

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Tara Robles earned an MBA degree and is now your Senior HR manager for the department. In which of the following tasks does Tara's advanced degree benefit her the most?

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Training interns to perform basic computer tasks

2.        

Assisting upper management in formulating business strategies

3.        

Distributing pension payments to retiring employees

4.        

Recruiting college graduates for entry-level positions

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