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Bauer, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 1e SAGE Publishing, 2021
Multiple Choice
- ______ refers to the constellation of decisions and actions associated with managing
- Knowledge revolution
- People decisions
- Human resource management
- Organizational culture
individuals throughout the employee lifecycle to maximize employee and organization effectiveness in attaining goals.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM).
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
SHRM: Workforce Management
- Filling out an application is part of the human resource management ______ function.
- training
- selection
- hiring
- screening
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM).
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Bauer, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 1e SAGE Publishing, 2021
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
SHRM: Workforce Management
- Ultimately, HRM is about "people decisions," which means ______.
- decisions made about people
- decisions people make
- decisions made managers
- decisions made by applicants
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM).
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
SHRM: Workforce Management
- ______ bias is the tendency to rely more on information that is readily available to us
- Availability
- Anchoring
- Overconfidence
- Ethical
and thus we discount alternative information.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM). 2 / 4
Bauer, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 1e SAGE Publishing, 2021
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
SHRM: Workforce Management
- ______ bias is the tendency to rely too much on the first piece of information given.
- Availability
- Anchoring
- Overconfidence
- Ethical
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM).
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
SHRM: Workforce Management
- ______ bias is the tendency to seek confirmation of one’s own beliefs or
- Availability
- Anchoring
- Overconfidence
- Ethical
expectations.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM). 3 / 4
Bauer, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 1e SAGE Publishing, 2021
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
SHRM: Workforce Management
- When making decisions, Larry tends to rely more on information that is readily
- availability
- anchoring
- overconfidence
- ethical
available to him and to discount alternative information. It is likely that Larry is guilty of ______ bias.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Understand the definition of human resource management
(HRM).
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Human Resource Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Cognitive reasoning and individual behaviors in organizations and society
SHRM: Structure of the HR Function
- A small construction company with all male workers is hiring. The human resource
- a clan culture
- bias
- the Hawthorne effect
- perspective
- / 4
manager does not consider placing ads that might be targeted toward women because he believes the work is better suited for men. This is an example of ______.
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