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True or False: One purpose of human resource planning is to help reduce costs by helping managers respond to shortages and surpluses of human resources at a moment's notice.

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Why is HRP one of the fastest growing and most important areas of human resource management?

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True or False: One purpose of human resource planning is to help reduce costs by helping managers respond to shortages and surpluses of human resources at a moment's notice. False
Why is HRP one of the fastest growing and most important areas of human resource management? It helps the company achieve its goals
True or False: Advances in technology have been very effective and helpful to companies in many areas, but because human resource management works mostly with people, there is less use for technology in the HRM area. False
What is the next step in human resource planning once the business plans are determined? Decide how many and which employees are needed
True or False: Few small- and medium-sized organizations can be successful without a formal process for estimating future human resource needs. False
True or False: Because knowing the estimates for the organization’s human resource needs (e.g. supply and demand) is so critical, most small- and medium-sized organizations formally estimate these future human resource needs. False
Which of the following is not a question that HR professionals need to ask of internal managers when starting to forecast the organization’s human resource needs? What is it going to cost to implement the HR plans?
The quality of the forecast depends on the accuracy of information and the predictability of events. What kind of time frame gives more accurate information and more predictability of events? A shorter time horizon
Which of the following is the most common judgmental forecasting method for estimating HR demand? Managerial estimates
What is time series analysis? When past staffing levels are used to project future HR needs.
What is a judgmental technique used by organizations to make supply forecasts? Replacement planning
True or False: It is important to link HR planning and strategy as it fosters HR strategies that support the organization’s business plans. True
True or False: In most organizations the demand and supply of the firm’s human capital needs are usually in pretty good balance. False
True or False: Employee characteristics and HR policies will be relatively the same for all organizations. False
Which of the following is a characteristic of traditional organization? Primary focus on productivity
what are the following standard for evaluating HRP? Ratios of program results to program costs Labor and program costs vs. budget Actual HRM flow rates vs. desired rates
True or False: Evaluation for HR plans and programs is important for demonstrating the HR department’s role within the organization. True
True or False: Lack of support from line managers is a common roadblock to effective HR planning that can be overcome by involving line managers in the design, development and implementation of the HRP system. True
Values toward work are changing. Which of the following is not a change? People now don’t value work
True or False: Human resource management can overcome the roadblock of top-management not supporting HR planning by showing them data and bottom-line numbers that show it is effective. True
True or False: HRP activity can be assessed by whether the organization has the people it needs. True
What is the 3rd stage in HR planning? HR programming
What is the type and number of competitors’ openings considered when looking at supply and demand within HR? External labor demand
True or False: Knowing the skills, abilities, interests, and preferences of the workforce is all that is needed to prepare an HR analysis for completing phase one of HR planning. False
what are the HR policy that an organization would implement if they were looking at adopting an entrepreneurial strategy? Policies that focus on incomplete integration Policies that focus on high employee participation Policies that focus on risk taking
Which of the following is a strategy to forecast supply, but not demand? Replacement planning
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the new organizational model that is shifting from the traditional model as reviewed in this topic? Primary focus on productivity
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