Human Resource Management

Human resource management (Answers)

Section a Subject Code: B-102

Part one

1. c) Ethnocentrism

2. a) Job Analysis

3. b) Minimum wages act 1948

4. b) Placement

5. b) Development

6. a) Planned change

7. d)Performance management system

8. c)Rating scale

9. a) Human Resources

10. A) Management Game

Part two

1. Importance of career planning in industry:

 Career planning is the process by which one selects career goals and the path reach these goals.

 Career planning is not an event or an end in itself,,, but it is a continuous process of developing human resources for achieving optimum results.

2. Features of HRM

 Pervasive force: HRM is pervasive in nature, which is present in all enterprises and permeates all the levels of management in organization.

 Action Oriented: HRM focuses attention on action. The problems of employees at work are solved through rational policies.

 Individually oriented: It tries to help employees develop their potential fully and encourages them to give their best to organization.

 People oriented: HRM is all about people at work, as individuals and groups as well, where people are assigned jobs in order to produce good results.

 Future oriented: HRM helps an organization to meet its goals in future by providing for competent and motivated employees.

 Development oriented: HRM intends to develop the full potential of an employee.

 Integrating mechanism: HRM tries to build a cordial relation between the organization and the people in the organization.

 Auxiliary service: HR manager is a specialist advisor and it is a staff function.

3. Concept of performance appraisal:

 Performance appraisal is the concept of evaluating the behavior of employees in the work spot which is both qualitative and quantitative aspects of job performance.

Appraisal of employees serves several useful purposes:

 Compensation