Open communication and the development of trust are critical human resource

issues for an organization pursuing what type of strategy?

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Focus

Stability

Retrenchment

Growth

Which model of strategy espouses the view that strategy should be driven by the organization’s external environment?

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Industrial organization model

Resource-based view

None of the above

External environment capitalization model

The importance of resource acquisition in the development of strategy is the key premise of the…

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Resource-based view

None of the above

Industrial organization model

External environment capitalization model

The I/O model suggests that an organization’s strategy is driven by external considerations while the resource-based view suggests that strategy should be driven by internal considerations.

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True

False

The environmental analysis stage of strategic planning involves examining all of the following except…

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Competition

Management systems

Government regulations

Technology

A strategic approach to HR involves…

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Senior management assuming more responsibility for day-to-day HR management

All of the above

HR managers assuming more responsibility for day-to-day HR management

Line managers assuming more responsibility for day-to-day HR management

Which of the following is more indicative of a strategic rather than traditional approach to HR?

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Bureaucratic control

Broad, flexible job design

A focus on employee relations

Cost center accountability

Which of the following would be considered an HR manager under a strategic approach to HR?

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A chief financial officer

A training and development manager

A director of research and development

All of the above