Human Resource Management (HRM) MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The statement which best describes the function of Human Resources Planning is the’ process of ensuring that people required running the company are being used as effectively as possible especially in fulfilling developmental needs in order to accomplish the organisation’s goals.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Human resource planning techniques include the use of Control and evaluation. The objective of human resource (HR) planning is to ensure the best fit between employees and jobs, while avoiding workforce shortages or spares. The three key elements of the HR planning process are forecasting labour demand, analysing present labour supply, and balancing projected labour demand and supply.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
HR department department is responsible for handling safety & health issues of employees. Human resources professionals play an important role in ensuring employee health and safety, as they know the workplace, the employees and their job demands. While human resources professionals are not expected to know the technical aspects of workplace health and safety, they should know when and how to use existing resources to respond to employee concerns.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The External recruitment process is said to be a costly affair. External recruitment is the assessment of an available pool of job candidates, other than existing staff, to see if there are any sufficiently skilled or qualified to fill and perform existing job vacancies. It is the process of searching outside of the current employee pool to fill open positions in an organization.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Hiring is the process which is continuous and stops only when the organisation ceases to exist. The hiring process is the process of reviewing applications, selecting the right candidates to interview, testing candidates, choosing between candidates to make the hiring decision and performing various pre-employment tests and checks.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Majority of the disputes in industries are related to the problem of Wages, Salaries and Benefits.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
When effort to earn additional income through a second job does not bear fruit, such type of efforts & the consequent results may be called as Blue moon lighting. Moonlighting refers to the practice of working a second job outside normal business hours. Therefore, an employee may work a normal 9-to-5 job as a primary source of income but work nights at a different job in order to earn extra money.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Trade Unions emerged when individuals realised the strength they could gain by joining together to negotiate with employers. Trade unions are associations of workers or organization formed together by labour, workers or employees to achieve their demands for better conditions at their work atmosphere.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Stakeholders best represents the individuals who have interests in an Organisation and are influenced by it. Primary stakeholders are direct beneficiaries, such as employees who receive a raise because HR revised the company’s compensation structure. Indirect or secondary stakeholders derive benefits from HR projects, such as a neighboring business that profits from a company hiring more staff.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The process which best defines the locating and, encouraging potential employees to apply for jobs is Recruitment. Recruitment is a process of identifying, screening, shortlisting and hiring potential resource for filling up the vacant positions in an organization. It is a core function of Human Resource Management. Recruitment is the process of choosing the right person for the right position and at the right time.