{"id":41816,"date":"2022-03-15T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/bus-310-quiz-3-business-finance-homework-help\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:55:29","slug":"bus-310-quiz-3-business-finance-homework-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/bus-310-quiz-3-business-finance-homework-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus 310 quiz 3 | Business & Finance homework help"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BUS 310 QUIZ 3<\/p>\n

Question 1\u00a0<\/p>\n

When organizations are downsizing the number of employees in the hierarchy, this usually involves a ____ strategy.<\/p>\n

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\tgrowth<\/p>\n

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\tretrenchment<\/p>\n

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\tstability<\/p>\n

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\tbusiness<\/p>\n

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\tdiversification<\/p>\n

Question 2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Companies that view their human resource function as a strategic asset should NOT evaluate HR effectiveness by investigating<\/p>\n

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\tcosts and benefits.<\/p>\n

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\torganizational outcomes such as productivity.<\/p>\n

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\tprofitability.<\/p>\n

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\tcosts as the only factor.<\/p>\n

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\tutility analysis.<\/p>\n

Question 3\u00a0<\/p>\n

The set of factors that prompt people to perform work at high levels is called<\/p>\n

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\tmotivation.<\/p>\n

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\tstress.<\/p>\n

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\tinterpersonal conflict.<\/p>\n

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\tnegative attitudes.<\/p>\n

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\texecutive succession.<\/p>\n

Question 4\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pierre would like to increase the effectiveness of human resources at his firm. What advice would you give him?<\/p>\n

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\tDon’t have formal performance appraisals because workers are upset by criticism.<\/p>\n

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\tCarefully control the behavior of teams and don’t let them make their own decisions.<\/p>\n

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\tDon’t pay everyone the same. Pay high-performing workers more in order to increase motivation.<\/p>\n

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\tDon’t annoy workers by constantly requiring them to go through a lot of training.<\/p>\n

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\tAssume that quiet workers are happy; there’s no reason to bother them with attitude surveys.<\/p>\n

Question 5\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yum Brands began with three businesses: Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Since its founding, the company has acquired other fast-food firms, including Long John Silver’s and A&W. Which type of organization design would be most appropriate for Yum’s strategy?<\/p>\n

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\tA functional design<\/p>\n

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\tA unitary design<\/p>\n

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\tA multidivisional design<\/p>\n

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\tA holding company<\/p>\n

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\tA horizontal corporation design<\/p>\n

Question 6\u00a0<\/p>\n

Which adaptation model of business strategy is characterized by ignoring the environment?<\/p>\n

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\tDefender<\/p>\n

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\tProspector<\/p>\n

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\tAnalyzer<\/p>\n

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\tDifferentiation<\/p>\n

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\tReactor<\/p>\n

Question 7\u00a0<\/p>\n

Companies can establish a competitive advantage by<\/p>\n

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\thiring good employees and effectively managing human resources.<\/p>\n

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\talways implementing a hierarchical management scheme.<\/p>\n

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\tadopting a universalistic financial strategy.<\/p>\n

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\tignoring the external competitive environment.<\/p>\n

Question 8\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the past, evaluations of the effectiveness of the human resource function concentrated mainly on<\/p>\n

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\tworker satisfaction.<\/p>\n

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\tturnover.<\/p>\n

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\tperson-job fit.<\/p>\n

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\tpsychological contracts.<\/p>\n

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\tcost.<\/p>\n

Question 9\u00a0<\/p>\n

The organization’s ____ is the basic reason for existence.<\/p>\n

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\tcontract<\/p>\n

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\tinducement<\/p>\n

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\tpersonality<\/p>\n

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\tpurpose<\/p>\n

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\tmission<\/p>\n

Question 10\u00a0<\/p>\n

Which of the following was NOT identified as an organizational component affecting the formulation and implementation of human resource strategy?<\/p>\n

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\tOrganizational development<\/p>\n

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\tOrganization culture<\/p>\n

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\tThe labor force<\/p>\n

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\tOrganization design<\/p>\n

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\tUnionization<\/p>\n

Question 11\u00a0<\/p>\n

An organization made up of various businesses similar in the products or services they provide is pursuing which type of strategy?<\/p>\n

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\tGrowth<\/p>\n

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\tRelated diversification<\/p>\n

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\tDifferentiation<\/p>\n

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\tStability<\/p>\n

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\tProspector<\/p>\n

Question 12\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Home Depot is following an overall strategy of growth. It’s the fastest-growing retailer in history, opening a new store every 43 hours. Which of the following actions is Home Depot NOT likely to use as it implements its strategy?<\/p>\n

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\tThe Home Depot will hire many employees in the near future.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Home Depot will increase its recruiting efforts.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Home Depot will offer early retirement to workers.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Home Depot will try to ensure that its current workers stay with the firm.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Home Depot will offer extensive training to its staff.<\/p>\n

Question 13\u00a0<\/p>\n

When a company decides to own and operate several separate companies, which strategy is being employed?<\/p>\n

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\tDiversification<\/p>\n

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\tStability<\/p>\n

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\tRetrenchment<\/p>\n

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\tMultifaceted<\/p>\n

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\tBranching<\/p>\n

Question 14\u00a0<\/p>\n

The principles and beliefs that shape what employees think about a company is called<\/p>\n

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\tunionization.<\/p>\n

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\tplanning.<\/p>\n

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\torganizational culture.<\/p>\n

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\tfocus grouping.<\/p>\n

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\tempowerment.<\/p>\n

Question 15\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Hershey family interests considered selling their Hershey Foods stock in 2001, employees were outraged. They felt betrayed and were angry and pessimistic. Which individual or interpersonal process was interfering with implementation of Hershey’s strategy?<\/p>\n

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\tWorker personalities<\/p>\n

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\tWorker attitudes<\/p>\n

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\tMotivation<\/p>\n

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\tTeam processes<\/p>\n

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\tCommunication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BUS 310 QUIZ 3 Question 1\u00a0 When organizations are downsizing the number of employees in the hierarchy, this usually involves a ____ strategy. \u00a0 growth \u00a0 retrenchment \u00a0 stability \u00a0 business \u00a0 diversification Question 2\u00a0 Companies that view their human resource function as a strategic asset should NOT evaluate HR effectiveness by investigating \u00a0 costs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}