Question 1

Your organization is likely to be purchased by a competitor. The Management has asked you, in confidence, to complete environmental scanning to determine the effects of the purchase on your organization's culture, customers, and employees. What is environmental scanning?

Options :

A : Environmental scanning is a review of the opportunities and threats that a condition may have on an organization.

B : Environmental scanning is the process of assessing the effects of an organization change on both macro and micro elements in an organization.

C : Environmental scanning is a review of the cultural achievability of a new project, organizationalchange, or market influence on at least three factors in an organization.

D : Environmental scanning is an internal review of an external catalyst.

Answer: A

Question 2

Holly and Gary are HR Professionals in their organization and they're working to develop the strategic plan for their organization. Holly and Gary are using SWOT analysis to help understand the needs of human, financial, technological, capital, and other aspects of their organization. What is SWOT?

Options :

A : SWOT is an analysis to define the schedule, weaknesses, opportunities, and timetable of a project endeavor.

B : SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats an organization may face.

C : SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, openness, and timeliness of an organization.

D : SWOT is an analysis to define the seriousness, weaknesses, openness, and timetable of organization development.

Answer: B

Question 3

The Taft-Hartley Act, also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, addressed unions and engaged in certain types of secondary boycotts. What is a secondary boycott?

Options :

A : It is an effort to convince others to stop doing business with a particular organization that is the subject of a primary boycott.

B : It is an effort to create more than one boycott on an organization, on two or more revenue streams.

C : It is two or more boycotts by two or more union-backed organizations against one company.

D : It is additional boycotts against companies that do business with a company which the union is boycotting.

Answer: A

Question 4

Which of the following is the process of systematically determining a relative internal value of a job in an organization?

Options :

A : Job evaluation

B : Broadbanding

C : SWOT Analysis

D : Gainsharing

Answer: A

Question 5

You are a HR Professional for your organization and you're coaching Thomas on human resources practices, particularly the role of the HR Professional in strategic planning. You tell Thomas the importance of vision, mission, and values of an organization. Thomas asks what the difference is between vision and mission. Which one of the following best describes the difference between vision and mission for an organization?

Options :

A : A vision is the purpose of a company. A mission is the task the organization aims to accomplish.

B : A vision describes the future of the organization while a mission describes the goals of the organization.

C : A vision describes the organization-s role, what the organization is, and what the organization may aspire to be. A mission describes what the organization will definitely become.

D : A vision describes an organization-s role, what the organization is, and what the organization wants to become. A mission describes the organization-s purpose for being.

Answer: D

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