Questions on Human Resource Management Text And Cases 9th Edition K. Aswathappa, Sadhna Dash
Chapter-1 Understanding the Nature and scope of Human Resource Management 1. What Location would you suggest for setting up the unit and why? 2. How can the risk be Mitigated Proactively? 3. What are the human resource challenges that could impact the Smooth setting up of the productive plant? 4. What do you think of the managers action? 5. What is the role of the HR manager before and during the meeting With the Manager?
QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 2
CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. What do you understand by HRM environment? Why is the study of HRM environment useful for HR managers? 2. Outline the impact of political-legal, economic, cultural and technological factors on HR function. 3. How do trade unions, organisational culture and conflict, and HR professional bodies influence an HR department? 4. Discuss HRM and its environment with suitable illustrations. 5. Name an organisation with which you are familiar. How is its culture different from the organisational culture discussed in this chapter? 6. Describe how a proactive HR department would cope with the entry of MNCs. 7. What is the purpose of a code of ethics, such as the one suggested by NIPM? Can you suggest any deletion/addition to the code? 8. How can the role of NIPM be made more effective? 9. Going back to the opening case, what would you do if you were the CEO?
Chapter-3 Integrating HR Strategy with Business Strategy 1. What was the organization striving in the investments? 2. Explain about the business strategy in the view of HR? 3. Corporate strategy under HR strategy? 4. How a large Business can plan their strategy? 5. What are the training given under the HR strategy?
CHAPTER – 4 Human Resource Planning
1. What do you understand by HRP? What is its importance? 2. Explain the various steps in the HRP process. 3. How are personnel needs and personnel supplies estimated? 4. Explain the techniques of employee demand forecasting. 5. Discuss the various types of involuntary separation methods used by organizations. 6. What re the benefits of promotion? How can it be effectively managed?
CHAPTER – 5 Job Design, Job Evaluation and Job Crafting
1. Define job analysis. What are its uses?
2. What do you understand by job analysis? Explain the process of job analysis? 3. Give the meaning and techniques of job design. 4. Bring out the factors affecting job design. 5. From an HR manager’s point of view what are the uses of job analysis? 6. Define job evaluation. Bring out its pros and cons. 7. Bring out the methods of job evaluation. 8. What is job crafting? How is it different from job enrichment?
CHAPTER – 6 Recruiting Talent
1. Define recruitment. Bring out its purpose and importance. 2. Bring out the factors which influence recruitment. 3. Bring out the internal sources of recruitment. 4. Explain the external sources of recruitment. 5. Explain the recruitment process. 6. What are the philosophies of recruitment? 7. How are yield ratios used in recruitment? 8. Bring out the new wave in recruitment activity.
CHAPTER – 7
Selecting Right Talent
1. What is selection? What is its importance? 2. Define selection. Explain the process of selection. 3. What are the common interview problems? How can they be overcome? 4. Bring out the types and purposes of employment tests? 5. Bring out the various factors which influence the selection process. 6. List the advantages and disadvantages of having a complete medical examination given to all new employees. 7. What is the relationship between selection, recruitment, and job analysis?
CHAPTER – 9 Appraising and Managing Performance
1. What is performance appraisal? What are its objectives? 2. Outline the appraisal process. 3. Bring out the methods of appraisal. 4. What are the common rater’s problems? How can they be overcome? 5. How do the results of performance appraisal affect other HR activities?