Question : The Human Capital Index concluded that people-oriented HRM : 2141854

MULTIPLE CHOICE.

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) The Human Capital Index concluded that people-oriented HRM ________.

A) is only effective in developing nations

B) results in superior shareholder value

C) is only effective in developed countries

D) results in higher labor costs

2) Good organization HRM strategies include treating employees as ________.

A) costs that should be minimized

B) a renewable resource

C) partners

D) replaceable with automation

3) One recent study shows that over two-thirds of CEOs believe that human capital ________.

A) will continue to increase the organization's costs

B) is the key source of sustained economic value

C) will eventually become obsolete

D) is becoming more litigious

4) Research shows that firms listed in Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For ________.

A) earned shareholder returns that were only slightly below the market average

B) show very little difference in performance over time

C) have much higher labor costs than their peers

D) earned shareholder returns that significantly beat the S&P 500 over a 10-year period.

5) ________ firms have human resource departments.

A) A minority of

B) Almost all

C) All

D) Only small

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.

10) The majority of firms do not have human resource departments.

11) HRM is becoming less important as more and more jobs are automated.

12) In small firms HR activities tend to be undertaken by line managers.