Symbiosis International Education Centre 2007 M.B.A Human Resource Management - Question Paper

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How can management representatives essentially help employees' organisations?

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Formulation of plans & providing information

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By taking on the role of facilitators

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Why has 'Outside leadership' played a pivotal role in the Indian Trade unions movement ?

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Due to a low educational standard , Poor command over English , Fear of victmization by the empoyer

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Fear of victmization by the empoyer , Bureaucracy & red tapism

 True/False

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Federation & unions at few levels are managed on the lines of management of a political body

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False

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True

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In the future what sort of organisations would provide expert advice & consultancy & further will also supply human resources for executing their projects.

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Employee leasing

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Employee leasing

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What kind of Grading must be brought to the notice of the vice-president of the Company.

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Excellent , Poor

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Excellent , Poor

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Organisations should pay for the value of the job but not for the value of the person.

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False

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True

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The questionnaire has over 250 items and requires about how may minutes to complete

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90 minutes

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90 minutes

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What is it that is necessary for the training manager to know the job's skills which have to be learned by the employee recruited.

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Adequate training

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Adequate training

 True/False

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Long range planning are beyond eight years

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False

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False

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In ________ company, there is no sophisticated or detailed manpower planning done covering the current and future needs of the entire organisation.

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LARSEN & TUBRO LTD.

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LARSEN & TUBRO LTD.

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Under "Workshop" feedback is done on which kind of categories?

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Managerial role , Leadership styles , Behavioural qualities

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Managerial role , Leadership styles , Behavioural qualities

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It is not necessary that the subordinate should feel free to participate without fear in the process of review & feedback.

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False

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False

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What are the action steps for effective Benchmarking?

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Identifying the human resources related areas to be benchmarked. , Prepare a report that documents the processes, functions, its extent & result areas , Understand why such a study is being conducted

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Identifying the human resources related areas to be benchmarked. , Prepare a report that documents the processes, functions, its extent & result areas , Understand why such a study is being conducted

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Federations may invite the management's representatives to participate in working committee meetings. Who would the unions at Plant level / Shop level essentially invite?

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Representatives from line & personnel department.

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Divisional / departmental manager & line representatives.

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Under the point method, key jobs are selected, each sub factor is then defined in the order of importance preferable along a scale, factors generally considered are:

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Skill , Efforts , Accountability

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Skill , Job enrichment , Accountability

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Majority of the disputes in industries are related to the problem of wages, salaries & benefits

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True

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True

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Highly successful functional benchmarking models developed by the Japenese have been adopted the world over. Name some of Matsushita's Systems of benchmarking?

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Just in Time (JIT) , Point of Sale (POS) system , System of divisions (Profit centres) within a centralized banking system

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Just in Time (JIT) , Point of Sale (POS) system , System of divisions (Profit centres) within a centralized banking system

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The role of the organisation in career planning is to introduce & strengthen systems to ensure ________ of employees

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Career Progression

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Self development

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Besides business process re-engineering & benchmarking ; then are some other useful tools to bring about continuousimprovement in an organisation.

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Human Resource Audit , Human Resource Accounting , Urgency Motivation

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Human Resource Audit , Human Resource Accounting , Urgency Motivation

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Which system emphasis a lot on the need to motivate people

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Human Resourse Development

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Human Resourse Development

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What is it that is treated as a soul of the HR functions?

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HRD

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HRD

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One of the feature HRD goals are, ________ is a perishable commodity

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Labour

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Management

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Why is it found that federations & Unions constitute an important & crucial wing of an organisation?

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If mismanaged they affect industrial peace

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They can be threat to management

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One of the importance of HRD is

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Role clarity

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Role clarity

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Training of appraisee can primarily address issues like -

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How to process the data , How to identify the areas for personal development , How to chart out action

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How to identify the areas for personal development , How to chart out action

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HRD process variable include -

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Role clarity , Work planning , Better communication

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Role clarity , Better communication

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What are the main issues stressed out throughout the workshop?

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Openness to feedback , Developmental attitude

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Openness to feedback , Developmental attitude , Organisational attitude

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Flexitime works better when the employees have self-determination

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True

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True

 True/False

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Potential refers to the likelihood of the job holder making a future contribution to the employing organisation.

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True

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True

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What includes in Salary Survey ?

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Inflation indicators , Salary budget averages , Average salaries

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Average Compensation , Average salaries

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Name the type of skill where the manager generally delegates and gets things done through others.

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Leadership skills

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Leadership skills

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Employer has to pay ________ of the basic wages to the employees during the lay off period

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0.5

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0.5

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For the period of the lay off up to a maximum of ________ workmen will be paid compensation equal to half their basic pay & D.A.

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45 days

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45 days

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People take ________ supportively and use it for development.

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Feedback

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Feedback

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Depending on the career path model of managers, some specialised training inputs are given at pre-determined times to make him more handling the new higher assignment

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True

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True

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At Hewlett Packard, as part of their BPR programme, the ________directs resources from applicants to a centralised employment response centre.

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EMS

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EMS

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What can give significant inputs about existing state of accountability of employees.

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HRD audit

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HRD audit

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Stephen Knauf defined HRA as " the measurement & ________ of Human organisational inputs such as recruitment , training experience & commitment

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Qualification

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Qualification

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Collecting bargainig is an institutional process for solving problems arising directly out of employee-worker relationships

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False

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False

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Name the recruitment process which is said to be a costly affair

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External

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External

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A new professional body called the National HRD Network took birth in :

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1985

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1985

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________ should reinforce positive behaviour.

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Feedback

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Feedback

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Name the three aspects of manpower planning:

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Who should plan? , Planning for whom , Timing for plam

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Why should we plan? , Planning for whom , Timing for plam

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A paper prepared by Mr. P Chidambaram, titled Indian subsidies reveals that in order to cleen its fiscal dificult ina few year, India needs to out down about 50% of subsidies in ________ goods since it yields only 10% returns

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Non-merit

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Non-merit

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Proper implementation and support of all management levels are not very crucial for the success of HRD audit

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False

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False

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