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Question 1

Within the text Gilmore and Williams propose that a reward strategy creates a sequential approach that assumes…?

a) Reward strategy is the product of senior management decisions.

b) An organization's mission, strategy, and culture, are integrated with other HR strategies to produce reward strategy.

c) Reward strategy will emerge from an organization's culture.

d) An organization's strategy includes direction in terms of reward policies and practices.

Question 2

'New pay' is overtly?

a) Employee driven

b) Managerialistic

c) Unionised

d) Hierarchical

Question 3

A pluralist approach to pay determination occurs in what fraction of organizations?

a) 1/5

b) 1/3

c) 1/4

d) 2/5

Question 4

According to CIPD research (2006), what percentage of organizations had adopted, or were in the process of adopting, a total reward approach?

a) 25%

b) 35%

c) 42%

d) 50%

Question 5

Market related pay is based on what type of economics?

a) Keynesian economics

b) Neo-liberal economics

c) Marxist economic theory

d) Classic economic theory

Question 6

What type of approach has Gilmore and Williams taken towards pay and reward?

a) Contingency

b) Unitarist

c) 'ideal type'

d) Economistic

Question 7

What is the average percentage of employee financial benefits of the total pay cost organizations spend?

a) 2-10%

b) 10-20%

c) 20-25%

d) 25-35%

Question 8

Which French-owned telecommunications manufacturer, is used as an example by Gilmore and Williams of an organization that introduced flexible benefits for its 600 employees?

a) BT

b) Alcatel Telecom

c) Vodaphone

d) Orange

Question 9

Final salary pension schemes =?

a) A sum of money that increases dependent on the growth of investment.

b) The final salary divided by the number of years worked, multiplied by ten.

c) The number of years of employee service applied to final salary on retirement to produce a pension entitlement.

d) Number of years of employee service divided by the age of the employee.

Question 10

How much, on average, do women who work full time earn less, per hour, than men?

a) 17%

b) 20%

c) 5%

d) 27%

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