HRM TUTORIAL QUESTIONS.

Question1.

Which of the following best represents the primary connection between

HRM and an organization's strategic goals?

A) HRM ensures compliance with labour laws and ethical workplace

standards.

B) HRM focuses on acquiring, maintaining, and developing employees to

align with business objectives.

C) HRM primarily aims to control employee costs while minimizing

recruitment efforts.

D) HRM's primary role is to oversee payroll processing and benefits

administration.

Question 2.

During which HRM phase is the focus primarily on enhancing employees'

capabilities, attitudes, and skills to improve their contributions to the
organization?

A) Acquisition

B) Maintaining

C) Development

D) Retention

Question 3.

In what way do legislative and compliance factors significantly influence

HRM practices?

A) They require HRM to ensure compliance with labour laws, affirmative

action policies, and workplace safety regulations.

B) They primarily affect HRM by dictating employee motivation strategies

and performance appraisals.

C) They help HRM minimize the need for diversity policies within the
workplace.

D) They only apply to public sector organizations and not private

businesses.
Question 4.

Why is it crucial to align the strategic HR plan with the organization's

strategic business plan?

A) To ensure HR policies remain separate from broader business

strategies.

B) To develop HR initiatives that directly support the organization’s long-

term objectives while considering macro environmental factors.

C) To focus HR planning solely on internal workforce concerns rather than

external influences.

D) To prevent HRM from interfering with the organization’s financial

decision-making processes.

Question 5.

Which of the following is the most important consideration when reviewing

strategic organizational objectives to create an HR plan?

A) Ensuring that HR policies remain unchanged regardless of shifts in

business strategy.

B) Analysing macro environmental factors to align HR strategy with

external opportunities and threats.

C) Focusing only on immediate staffing needs rather than long-term

workforce planning.

D) Prioritizing compliance with labour laws over business strategy

alignment.

Question 6. What is a key characteristic of an effective strategic HR plan?

A) It is flexible and quantifiable, ensuring alignment with organizational

objectives and macro environmental factors.

B) It focuses only on immediate workforce needs and disregards long-term

objectives.

C) It operates independently of the organization’s strategic business plan

to maintain HR autonomy.

D) It is created without input from the organization’s leadership to ensure

unbiased HR planning.
Question 7.

Why must HR professionals carefully assess macro environmental factors

before developing a strategic HR plan?

A) To ensure that HR policies remain static despite external changes.

B) To align HR planning with economic, political, social, technological, and

legislative influences affecting the organization.

C) To focus primarily on hiring employees without considering external

factors.

D) To prevent government regulations from impacting HR decision-making.

Question 8.

Which of the following best differentiates job specification from job

description?

A) Job specification details the qualifications and skills required for a job,
whereas job description outlines the duties and responsibilities.

B) Job description focuses on the physical requirements of the job, while

job specification focuses on salary expectations.

C) Job specification provides a list of job activities, whereas job description

only includes the required tools and equipment.

D) Job description is used for recruitment, while job specification is used

solely for employee performance evaluation

Question 9.

Which of the following elements of job analysis specifically considers the

psychological and cognitive demands of a job, such as problem-solving
and decision-making?

A) Work activities

B) Human behaviours

C) Job context

D) Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids

Question 10.

If an organization wants to determine the expected level of accuracy and

speed required for a data entry job, which aspect of job analysis would be
most relevant?

A) Job context

B) Work activities

C) Performance standards

D) Human requirements

Question 11.

Which of the following best explains the importance of analysing "job

context" during the job analysis process?

A) It helps in determining the appropriate human behaviours required for

the job.

B) It ensures that employees are assigned to tasks based on their prior

experience.

C) It provides insight into the work environment, organizational culture,

and any job-related incentives.

D) It focuses solely on the ergonomic and physical design of the

workspace.

Question 12.

The job instruction technique was developed during which historical

event?

A) The First Industrial Revolution

B) The Second World War

C) The Great Depression

D) The Cold War

Question 13.

What is the primary purpose of job rotation as an on-the-job training

technique?
A) To provide employees with multiple sources of income

B) To replace experienced employees with new recruits

C) To allow employees to gain diverse skills by switching between roles

D) To ensure employees specialize in only one specific job function

Question 14.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of coaching as an on-the-

job training technique?

A) Employees are guided by a supervisor or an experienced colleague

B) It involves practical exposure to real work situations

C) Employees are expected to learn independently without guidance

D) The approach is also referred to as counselling

Question 15.

Off-the-job training methods primarily differ from on-the-job training in

that they:

A) Are always less effective than on-the-job training

B) Do not involve any practical applications of skills

C) Take place away from the employee’s work environment

D) Are strictly limited to online learning only

Question 16

In the role-playing method of training, the key learning aspect is:

A) Memorizing theories related to job roles

B) Acting out scenarios to gain practical experience

C) Writing reports about hypothetical case studies

D) Conducting independent research on company policies

Question 17.
What makes face-to-face training one of the most widely used off-the-job
training methods?

A) It allows the trainer to relate new information to existing knowledge

effectively

B) It does not require direct communication between trainers and

employees

C) It only focuses on improving employees’ ability to work independently

D) It is a completely digital and remote learning technique

Question 18.

A company implementing case study training is most likely aiming to

develop employees’ ability to:

A) Solve real-world business problems using knowledge and experience

B) Avoid collaboration and focus only on individual work

C) Memorize theoretical concepts without practical application

D) Limit their learning to one specific area without gaining new skills

Question 19.

Which of the following best explains why role-playing is effective for job
training?

A) Employees passively listen to lectures on job-related scenarios

B) Employees actively participate in real-life simulations to prepare for

their roles

C) Employees focus on theoretical knowledge without real-world

applications

D) Employees are assessed only on written tests rather than practical

exercises

Question 20.

What is the final step in the job instruction technique?

A) The instructor provides a procedure manual and explains the task

B) The instructor supervises while the employee performs the task

C) The instructor performs the task under the direction of the employee

D) The employee observes the task without performing it

QUESTION 5 [12 MARKS]

Social media is a relatively new phenomenon in the long history of

marketing. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube have only
been around for over a decade. Despite their infancy, social media is fast
becoming one of the primary channel’s marketers use to promote their
products and services to consumers. Similar to the traditional four Ps of
the marketing mix, there are also four Ps relating to social media.

Identify and discuss the four Ps relating to social media.