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Question 1

In which decade did HRM arrive in the UK?

a) 1950s

b) 1970s

c) 1980s

d) 1990s

Question 2

Which of the following was instrumental in the development of personnel management?

a) Philanthropic employers

b) Poverty

c) End of feudalism

d) Industrial revolution

Question 3

In which country where the first models of HRM developed?

a) UK

b) Japan

c) Germany

d) USA

Question 4

Which HRM model has been more popular in the UK?

a) Michigan (Fombrun)

b) Functionalist

c) Harvard

d) Storey's

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a 'soft' variant of HRM?

a) Michigan (Fombrun)

b) Storey's

c) Scientific Management

d) Personnel Management

Question 6

Which organization was part of Tom Peters and Robert Waterman's (1982) study 'In Search of Excellence'?

a) Hewlett Packard

b) HBOS

c) Barclays

d) ESSO

Question 7

What was the main agenda set at the Lisbon Summit in March 2000 for the EU?

a) To make the EU the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010.

b) To make the EU the largest manufacturing economy of white goods by 2010.

c) To make the EU the leading IT economy and producer of computer technologies by 2012.

d) To make the EU the largest manufacturing economy of chemicals by 2012.

Question 8

Why do some commentators claim that it is unlikely that the UK economy will become a knowledge economy?

a) The lack of IT education in schools.

b) Culturally low in intelligence.

c) Historically low levels of company investment into research and development.

d) Union's try to prevent knowledge transfer from management level to the broader workforce.

Question 9

What measures were involved in the rationalizing of businesses in the 1990s?

a) Downsizing and Layering

b) Expanding and Layering

c) Downsizing and Delayering

d) Expanding and Delayering

Question 10

On what grounds has HRM been fundamentally questioned, giving rise to a new HR?

a) HRM models have been too complicated to apply in practice.

b) HRM models have failed to balance the demand of economic efficiency and improving working life.

c) HRM models have achieved all their aims, rendering them obsolete.

d) The 'M' in 'HRM' was seen as unnecessary.

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