The way an organization groups it's people into useful divisions, departments and reporting relationships
What is Organizational Structure
100
Giving employees responsibility and authority to make decisions regarding all aspects of product development or customer service
What is Employee Empowerment
100
HRM practices much match the organization's ________
What is Goals
100
80% of mergers and acquisitions actually reduce shareholder value due to a combination on business and these issues
What is People
100
A high performance work system is the right combination of people, technology, and organizational structure that makes full use of the organization's resources and opportunities in achieving it's goals
What is True
200
Determines how the details of the organization's necessary activities will be grouped, whether into jobs or team responsibilities
What is Task Design
200
Establishes fundamental principles for behaviour, such as honesty and fairness
What is Ethics
200
For the organization to benefit from teamwork and employee involvement, jobs must be ________ appropriately
What is Designed
200
This kind of conflict is one of the main reasons for failures with mergers and acquisitions
What is Top Management Conflict
200
An organization that supports lifelong learning by enabling all employees to acquire and share knowledge is called continuous learning
What is False
300
Contribute to high performance by encouraging people to strive for objectives that support the organization's overall goals
What is Reward Systems
300
When employees experience their jobs as fulfilling or allowing them to fulfill important values
What is Employee Satisfaction
300
HRM department selects employees that are enthusiastic about and are able to contribute to teamwork, empowerment, and knowledge sharing
What is Recuitment and Selection
300
Extended time to complete a deal could result in a loss of this
What is Competitive Position
300
HR does not have a role in job design, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, or compensation and rewards
What is False
400
Decisions about the types of information to gather and the sources of information
What is Information Systems
400
An organization that supports lifelong learning by enabling all employees to acquire and share knowledge
What is a Learning Organization
400
This is required to teach employees the specific skills they need to perform the duties of their job
What is Training
400
The key areas of HR Due Dilligence in Mergers and Acquisitions are culture, analysis and retention of talent, legal issues, union issues, and this
What is Rewards Structure
400
Employee Empowerment is giving employees responsibility and authority to make decisions regarding all aspects of product development or customer service
What is True
500
The three main things that combine to make a high performance work system
What is People, Technology and Organizational Structure
500
These two things contribute to high performance when they improve job satisfaction and give the organization fuller use of employees ideas and expertise
What is Teamwork and Empowerment
500
In a high performance organization, employees know the organization's goals and what they must do to help achieve them. HR departments can contribute to this ideal through the design of this system
What is Performance Management
500
Goldcorp Inc. took over operations of this mine in a remote northwestern Ontario town
What is Campbell Mine
500
Human resource departments can improve their own and their organization's performance by appropriately using new technology