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Instructor Resource Kavanagh and Johnson, Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications, and Future Directions, 4e SAGE Publishing, 2018

Multiple Choice

• The alignment of the HRM function with organizational goals is referred to as ______.
• an HR balanced scorecard
• strategic human resources management (strategic HRM)
• concreteness or congruence
• human resources program evaluation

Ans: B

Learning Objective: Describe the historical evolution of HRM, including the changing role of the human resources (HR) professional

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cost-Effectiveness Era (1980–Early 1990s)

Difficulty Level: Medium

• To add value to the organization, the use of an HRIS is focused primarily on

structural realignment and strategic redirection. This an example of which of the following tasks or activities?

• transactional
• benchmarking
• transformational
• re-engineering

Ans: C

Learning Objective: Describe the three types of HR activities

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: HR Activities

Difficulty Level: Easy

• Decision support systems
• enable users to develop “what if” scenarios
• make computations and calculations used to review and document human resources

decisions and practices

• are systems that recommend actions the user can take based on the information

provided

• are the set of topics on which the human resource information system collects and

maintains information

Ans: A

Learning Objective: Describe the different types of HRIS

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of HRIS

Difficulty Level: Medium

• To improve the effectiveness of the HR function, activities that can be handled

through computerization are ______.

• traditional
• transactional
• transformational
• all of these

Ans: D

Learning Objective: Describe the three types of HR activities

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: HR Activities

Difficulty Level: Easy

• The change in focus of the HRM function as adding value to the organization’s

product or service took place during the ______ Era.

• “the Cloud” and Mobile Technology
• post–World War II
• Cost-Effectiveness
• Social Issues

Ans: C

Learning Objective: Describe the historical evolution of HRM, including the changing role of the human resources (HR) professional

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cost-Effectiveness Era (1980–Early 1990s)

Difficulty Level: Medium

• A key benefit of any HRIS is
• the number of software applications in the system
• comprehensive reports on employees’ health status
• the generation of reports
• up-to-date technical hardware and software

Ans: C

Learning Objective: Explain the purpose and nature of an HRIS

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is an HRIS?

Difficulty Level: Medium

• According to the book, an HRIS
• is defined only by the software–hardware configuration it uses
• is used to store data for use by the MIS department
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Instructor Resource Kavanagh and Johnson, Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications, and Future Directions, 4e SAGE Publishing, 2018

• cannot be used to manipulate and analyze data

Ans: C

Learning Objective: Explain the purpose and nature of an HRIS

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is an HRIS?

Difficulty Level: Medium

• To compete in the marketplace, firms need to what resources to achieve, profit, and

survive?

• technology, human, and inventory
• physical, human, and technology
• financial, technology, and inventory
• physical, organizational, and human

Ans: D

Learning Objective: Explain the purpose and nature of an HRIS

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

• The effective management of human resources in a firm to gain a competitive

advantage in the marketplace requires

• timely and accurate information on current employees
• a vice president representing the HR function
• the use of decision support systems (DSS)
• outsourcing of transaction HR activities

Ans: A

Learning Objective: Explain the purpose and nature of an HRIS

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is an HRIS?

Difficulty Level: Medium

• The activities during the pre–World War II era included all the following EXCEPT for

this:

• record keeping of employee information
• the growth of trade unions
• scientific management was the prevailing philosophy
• very few government influences in employment relations

Ans: B

Learning Objective: Describe the historical evolution of HRM, including the changing role of the human resources (HR) professional

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Pre–World War II

Difficulty Level: Medium 3 / 4

Instructor Resource Kavanagh and Johnson, Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications, and Future Directions, 4e SAGE Publishing, 2018

• The historical era in which employees started forming trade unions was ______.
• Pre–World War II Era
• Post–World War II Era
• Social Issues Era
• Cost-Effectiveness Era

Ans: B

Learning Objective: Describe the historical evolution of HRM, including the changing role of the human resources (HR) professional

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Post–World War II (1945–1960)

Difficulty Level: Medium

• It has been estimated that most HR departments spend approximately ______ on

transactional activities.

• 15% to 30%
• 5% to 15%
• 65% to 75%
• 50% to 65%

Ans: C

Learning Objective: Describe the three types of HR activities

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: HR Activities

Difficulty Level: Easy

• An HRIS that supports regular and ongoing decisions is called a(n) ______.
• transactional system
• management information system
• executive information system
• transformational system

Ans: B

Learning Objective: Describe the different types of HRIS

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of HRIS

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

• Entering employee payroll information is an example of an HR transactional activity.

Ans: T

Learning Objective: Describe the three types of HR activities

AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: HR Activities

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