Management Training And Development Set 9
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This set of Management Training and Development Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Management Training And Development Set 9
Q1 | Unreasonable adjustments in light of a person's disability might include:
- Alterations to a persons working conditions
- Acquiring or modifying equipment.
- Building access ramps to buildings
- Altering hours of work or duties.
Q2 | Measures to reduce accidents occurring in the workplace, other than accident investigations wouldinclude:
- Tyingy our shoe laces
- Risk assessments of tasks and processes
- Changes to job design to reduce repletion and boredom.
- Improving the role of the HR specialist.
Q3 | IHRM is an area of academic study which focuses on:
- Comparative research.
- The movement of individuals across national boundaries.
- The exchange of ideas and practices.
- The policies and practices of MNC's
Q4 | HR challenges which might be faced by internal companies include
- The needs for a diverse work-force.
- The relative underdevelopment of HR functions.
- Knowledge of national employment law.
- Knowledge of cultural norms and values.
Q5 | A global economy means:
- Greater divergence.
- Greater convergence of national economic and social identities.
- Unrestricted movement of people across national boundaries.
- A global culture
Q6 | Cultural shock which is often the outcome of the negative experience of moving from a familiarculture to one that is unfamiliar is important to understand in the context of internationalisation because:
- It can affect soldiers returning form was zones.
- It can affect students on 'gap year' experiences.
- It can impact on individuals taking overseas assignments
- Friends and families reunited
Q7 | Why is it important to ensure that HR plans are flexible?
- To accommodate changes to senior management teams.
- To adapt to changing skills and qualifications.
- To accommodate the rapidly changing environments in which most organisations. Operate.
- To ensure a diverse labour force is maintained at all times.
Q8 | What factor can have a lasting impairment on a person's motivation to learn?
- Learning for work.
- Learning which is challenging
- Learning which is instrumental.
- A negative experience of learning in childhood.
Q9 | Criticisms of training are based on the understanding that:
- It's an outmoded method of providing learning.
- It's linked with short-term goals
- Disliked by trade unions.
- The nature of work has changed and therefore its unsuitable for the type of employees engaged.
Q10 | Training is more likely to be seen as a cost by those organisations employing what type of worker?
- Those employed in Japanese companies.
- Those working in the motor industries,
- Industries employing low skilled workers
- Those employing higher skilled employees
Q11 | The Kolb learning cycle refers to:
- The relationship between leaning and training
- The use of e-learning.
- The training cycle.
- Insights into the way that people learn.
Q12 | Unplanned and unstructured (informal) learning can be detrimental to employers because:
- Will not be long lasting
- Will result in ineffective learning
- It can encouraged bad habits and negative attitudes
- Is based on pragmatic learning only.
Q13 | Accelerated learning offers the participant:
- A somber and serious experience.
- A mechanised and standardised experience.
- An alternative experience to traditional approaches.
- Externally controlled 'one size fits all' experience.
Q14 | The three types of energy: cognitive, affective and physical are associated with which type oflearning.
- Accelerated learning.
- Reflective learning.
- Traditional learning.
- The learning triangle.
Q15 | The timescale for performance appraisals are usually:
- One year.
- Biannually.
- 3 monthly.
- At irregular intervals.
Q16 | A performance rating system is:
- A grade or score relating to overall performance
- Details of the extent to which work objectives were met.
- Achievements during the year.
Q17 | Objective-based rating scales are:
- Subjectively determined
- Based on a points-based system.
- Measures of performance against objectives set.
- Manager-allocated rating scales.
Q18 | Organisational climate is based on the ____________ of members
- Perceptions.
- Commitment.
- Loyalty.
- Image.
Q19 | ___________ can be viewed in terms of mental attitudes which people have towards their tasks andresponsibilities
- Morale.
- Compliance.
- Team work.
- Cohesion.
Q20 | Which terms does Lewin use to describe the process of behaviour modification?
- Storming.
- Unfreezing
- Movement.
- . Norming.
Q21 | Changing human resource management activities to attract and retain health care specialists due toincreased needs for those workers is an example of what kind of environmental change factor?
- Marketplace
- Technology.
- Labor markets.
- Economic.
Q22 | Increasing the numbers of employed women and minorities forces managers to pay attention towhat change factor?
- Strategy.
- Workforce.
- Equipment.
- Technology.
Q23 | Low performing employees depart &/or new higher performing employees promoted or hired asreplacements
- Beneficial turnover
- Voluntary turnover
- Involuntary turnover
- forceful turnover
Q24 | What organizational development technique is a technique for assessing attitudes and perceptions,identifying discrepancies in these, and resolving the differences by using survey information in feedback groups?
- Team building.
- Intergroup development
- Survey feedback.
- Sensitivity training.
Q25 | What OD technique involves changing the attitudes, stereotypes, and perceptions that work groupshave about each other?
- Team building.
- Intergroup development.
- Survey feedback
- Sensitivity training.