Quiz

Quizzes are available to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in each chapter. Click on the quiz below to get started. 

1. Which of the following is not a means of assessing labour turnover

  1. wastage analysis
  2. cohort analysis
  3. stability analysis
  4. transfer analysis

Answer:

d. transfer analysis

2. Which of the following is not associated with a humanist approach to job design

  1. job enlargement
  2. job rotation
  3. job enrichment
  4. job specification

Answer:

d. job specification

3. Those employees left in an organisation following a redundancy programme are often referred to as

  1. remainders
  2. survivors
  3. perishers
  4. lucky

Answer:

b. survivors 

4. HR planning is often argued to be most appropriate in environments characterised by which of the following characteristics

  1. unpredictability
  2. stability
  3. complexity
  4. change

Answer:

b. stability

5. HR planning is argued by Taylor (2008) to be particularly appropriate for which of the following types of organisation

  1. public sector organisations
  2. small to medium-sized enterprises
  3. multinationals
  4. knowledge-intensive firms

Answer:

a. public sector organisations