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Human Resource Management : Part Two

Academic Paper Summary by: DrKUTTIMSU    

Original Author: Dr.C.S.Rangarajan
120. Job description includes
a) Financial aspects (b) Working conditions  (c) Fringe benefits
(d) Superannuation.
121. The way in which tasks are combined to form complete job is
a) Job design  (b) Job specification (c) Job enlargement (d) Job enrichment.
122. The horizontal expansion of job is
 a) Job specification (b) Job description (c) Job design.  d) Job enlargement
123. Varieties of duties are involved in
a) Job enrichment (b) Job rotation (c) Job enlargement   (d) Job description.
124. More autonomy and responsibility are involved in
a) Job enlargement (b) Job enrichment (c) Job rotation (d) Job specificatiuon.
125. The vertical expansion of of jobs is termed as
a) Job enrichment (b) Job enlargement (c) Job rotation (d) Job specification.
126. The changing of job tasks is involved in
a) Job design (b) Job rotation (c) Job specification (d) Job redesign.
127. Changing work assignments without redesign of job is
a) Job design (b) Job description (c) Job rotation (d) Sensitization.
128. Job diagnostics survey was designed by
a) F.W.Taylor  (b) Hackman and Oldham  (c) Strauss and Sayles (d) Purdue University.
129. That which increases the number of skills needed  and sense of significance is
a) Job enrichment  (b) Job enlargement (c) Job rotation (d) Job progression.
130. That which adds more of the same type of duties requiring the same skills is
a) Job enrichment (b) Job progression (c) Job relatedness (d) Job enlargement
131. The degree to which a job requires  completion of a 'whole' and identifiable piece of work is called
a) Job matching (b)  Job analysis (c)  Job identity  (d)  Job rotation
132. A set of job experiences provided through series of job assignments  is termed as
a) Job ranking (b) Job progression  (c) Job rotation (d) Job analysis.
133. Moving the worker from job to job without change of  job design is
a) Job rotation  (b) Job ranking  (c) Job progression (d)  Job analysis.
134. A detailed statement of duties , purposes, and conditions under which a job is to be performed is called as
a) Job profiles (b) Job ranking (c) Job specification (d) Job description.
135. Vertically loading a job invariably increases
a) Work outcomes (b) Income  (c) Autonomy  (d) Fatigue.
136. Horizontal loading of jobs results in
a) Reduction in variety (b) Reduction in total work force (c) Decreased productivity
d) Increased boredom.
137. Proper Selection helps in
a) Increasing productivity   (b) Cost of production (c) Decreasing skills (d) Maining production.
138. Unstructured interview is where
a) Employer follows informal methods (b) Planning precedes (c) Interview plays an important role
d) Candidate speaks with open mind.
139. An interviewee has opportunities to speak out freely in a selection interview which is
a) Structured (b) Pre-planned (c) Unstructured  (d) Goal-oriented.
140. If a single characteristic of a candidate affects the judgment of the interviewer, it is due to
(a) Prejudice   (b) Halo effects   (c) Projection    (d) Pre-planning
141. Candidates resembling the interviewer get selected due to
a) Projection      (b)  Liniency  (c) Halo effects  (d) Mistaken identity
142. If the interviewer is influenced by the cultural background of the candidate, he commits the mistake of
a) Constant error  (b) Liniency   (c) Generosity error  (d) Stereotying.
143. When positive performance on one dimension overshadows performance on other dimensions, it results in
a) Generosity error  (b) Arbitrariness (c) Halo effect    (d) Horn error.
144. By Horn Error, it is meant that performance
a) Positive in one dimension supercedes any negative dimension.
b) Negative in one dimension supercedes any positive performance.
c) Positive in one dimension overshadows perormance on other dimensions.
d) Positive and negative dimensions are mutually exclusive.
145. Which one is concerned with recruitment or promotion to fill expected losses?
a) Replacement or balance-sheet planning.  (b) Strategic planning (c) Formal planning
d) Informal planning.
146. Future trigger events  and alternatives are  identified with options carefully considered  and evaluated.
a) Contingency planning. (b) Real-time planning (c) Balance-sheet planning
d) Adaptive planning
147. Potential hazards are identified and advance strategies are developed in which planning?
a) Balance-sheet (b) Adaptive (c) Contingency   (d) Real-time
148. Cooperation between and among managers and planners in handling unanticipated events as they occur is
a) Adaptive planning (b) Real-time planning. (c) Contingency planning
d) Replacement planning.
149. Job rotation provides (a)  variety for the worker. (b) Enhancement of skills
c) Better remuneration  (d) Boredom.
Published: May 03, 2009
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