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This set of Industrial Relations Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Industrial Relations Set 4

Q1 | Team building, with all of its success orientation, may have some limitations under certainidentified conditions. Two such conditions are __________
  • poor project tools and lack of project planning
  • lack of top management support and too much supervision by top management.
  • lack of top management support and an inept project manager
  • unproductive people on the project team and an inept project manager.
Q2 | In building team confidence in himself, a project manager should __________ with teammembers and avoid __________.
  • set limited times and opportunities for discussions; social contracts
  • encourage open conversations; politics.
  • practice what he preaches; social contracts.
  • encourage frank discussions; making promises.
Q3 | Pay-For-Performance System
  • seeks to acknowledge differences in employee or group contributions.
  • responds to the fact that organizational performance is a function of individual or group performance
  • uses pay to attract, retain and motivate employees relative to their performance and contribution
  • all of the above
Q4 | A cultural dimension that affects the success of HRM practices in most countries whererelative emphasis is on hierarchical status is called
  • individualism.
  • power distance
  • uncertainity.
  • b. avoidance
Q5 | A staff management strategy that hires management from home country to manage a non- home country operation is known as the
  • geocentric approach
  • ethnocentric approach.
  • polycentric approach.
  • nationalistic approach
Q6 | _______________ is an ongoing and formalized effort that recognizes employees as valuable organizational resources and focuses on developing them to their fullest, practicalperformance potential.
  • performance appraisal
  • potential appraisal
Q7 | Previous company records & customer satisfaction surveys may serve as a source for:
  • cultivating learning culture within the organization
  • determining deficiency that require training
  • developing career development plans for employees
  • identifying training outcomes through evaluation.
Q8 | Jamal Enterprises' top management refused to consider its female marketing manager forthe post of Vice President. This action of the company is representing which of the following
  • gender discrimination
  • legal consideration
  • repeat discrimination
  • glass ceiling effect
Q9 | Management developed by Manager who actively seek a strong cooperative relationshipwith their employees are
  • knowledge management
  • learning management
  • participative management.
  • proactive management.
Q10 | Labor union might affect the_____________________ by stressingseniority as the basisfor promotions and pay increases
  • training
  • appraisal process
  • allotment
  • amendment
Q11 | ______ requires that supervisors and employees determine objectives for employees to meet during the rating period and the employees appraise how well they have achieved theirobjectives.
  • mbo
  • bpo
  • rpo
  • apo
Q12 | Virtual teams can contribute to better coordination among the team members because
  • technology brings them together on a forum.
  • team members meet physically with each other
  • team members share views among themselves via communication links.
  • team members have the real time environment for interaction.
Q13 | When the firm changes the way it operates, the process is known as
  • downsizing
  • brain drain
  • restructuring
  • outsourcing
Q14 | Extents of individual freedom and discretion employees have in performing their jobs isKnown as_______________
  • capitation
  • flextime
  • empowerment
  • autonomy
Q15 | Office environment that contain harmful airborne chemicals, asbestos, or indoor pollutionis referred to_____________
  • homicide
  • sick building
  • green environment
  • environment pollution
Q16 | _____________ communication is honest, accurate interpersonal communication thatfocuses on building and enhancing relationships.
  • supportive
  • grape wine
  • lateral
  • vertical
Q17 | Chronic stress is the stress that wears at people day after day. Which of these is an exampleof chronic stress.
  • an unhappy marriage
  • ongoing money problems
  • dissatisfaction with a job
  • all of the given options
Q18 | _______________________ is the description of the emotions, attitude, satisfaction, andoverall outlook of employees during their time in a workplace environment
  • employee rights
  • employee description
  • employee turnover
  • employee morale
Q19 | A process for managing employee performance and for aligning all employees with key objectives, by assigning financial and nonfinancial goals, monitoring and assessingperformance, and quickly taking corrective action.
  • balanced score card
  • employee drum card
  • hr scorecard
  • goal card
Q20 | An information technology tool that presents the manager with desktop graphs and charts, so he or she gets a picture of where the company has been and where it's going, in terms ofeach activity in the strategy map.
  • digital notice board
  • digital dashboard
  • digital announcement
  • digitalisation
Q21 | _________________ entails developing skills to discover new products and processes anddesigning adaptable structures and cultures
  • innovation
  • creativity
  • stubborness
  • assertiveness
Q22 | Striking gear or devices for cutting off power is a provision relating to
  • health of workers.
  • wealth of workers.
  • safety of workers .
  • welfare of workers.
Q23 | Self acting machine provision comfort of
  • health of workers.
  • wealth of workers.
  • safety of workers .
  • welfare of workers.
Q24 | First aid appliance in a provision relates to labour under the provision of
  • health of workers .
  • wealth of workers .
  • safety of workers .
  • welfare of workers.
Q25 | The minimum numbers and workers required for the provision of canteen facilities underthe factories act 1948
  • 250 workers .
  • 275 workers .
  • 300 workers.
  • 325 workers .