Lesson 6.1.1

6.1.1 Human resource management objectives Quiz: OCR Business, Unit 6

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The 20 questions

  1. Which term describes aligning HR objectives with overall corporate goals?

    • Operational HR
    • Strategic HRM
    • Soft HRM
    • Hard HRM

  2. Which HRM approach views employees primarily as costs to be minimised?

    • Hard HRM
    • Soft HRM
    • Strategic HRM
    • Paternalistic HR

  3. Which HRM approach treats employees as valuable assets worthy of investment?

    • Hard HRM
    • Scientific management
    • Autocratic HR
    • Soft HRM

  4. Which formula is used to calculate labour productivity?

    • Employees / Output
    • Output / Employees
    • Output / Revenue
    • Turnover / Costs

  5. How is the percentage rate of labour turnover calculated?

    • Leavers / average staff
    • New hires / staff
    • Average staff / leavers
    • Leavers / new hires

  6. What does a high labour retention rate directly indicate about a firm?

    • High recruitment costs
    • High staff loyalty
    • High absenteeism
    • Low productivity

  7. Which external factor directly influences HR objectives through minimum wage legislation?

    • Technological factors
    • Legal factors
    • Ethical factors
    • Social factors

  8. What is the primary objective of strategic workforce planning?

    • Reduce product prices
    • Balance labour supply/demand
    • Eliminate training costs
    • Maximise short-term profit

  9. A factory with 100 workers produces 5,000 units per month. What is labour productivity?

    • 500 units per worker
    • 5000 units per worker
    • 5 units per worker
    • 50 units per worker

  10. A business has 200 staff on average. If 10 leave this year, what is the turnover rate?

    • 5%
    • 2%
    • 20%
    • 10%

  11. Out of 200 employees, 10 are absent on Monday. What is the absenteeism rate?

    • 2%
    • 20%
    • 5%
    • 10%

  12. A retailer introduces mental health days to reduce stress. Which HR objective is supported?

    • Employee well-being
    • Labour cost reduction
    • Outsourcing ratio
    • Capacity utilisation

  13. A firm uses temporary zero-hour contracts to handle seasonal spikes. Which objective is targeted?

    • Workforce flexibility
    • Management consolidation
    • High job security
    • Maximum retention

  14. A firm targets increasing female representation in management to 40%. What type of objective is this?

    • Labour productivity
    • Cost minimisation
    • Capacity planning
    • Diversity and inclusion

  15. An engineering firm invests in apprenticeships to avoid future skill shortages. What is this HR objective?

    • Talent development
    • Labour turnover reduction
    • Outsourcing expansion
    • Cost cutting

  16. A hotel suffers bad reviews due to poor customer service. Which HR objective is most urgent?

    • Cutting staff numbers
    • Reducing wage rates
    • Increasing labour turnover
    • Improving staff training

  17. Which trade-off is most likely when a firm aggressively cuts HR costs?

    • Lower employee motivation
    • Improved service quality
    • Greater staff loyalty
    • Higher retention rates

  18. Why does high labour turnover negatively affect operational efficiency?

    • Loss of institutional knowledge
    • Reduced training requirements
    • Decreased recruitment costs
    • Lower wage expenditure

  19. Why can an HR objective of high workforce flexibility conflict with employee engagement?

    • Reduced operational output
    • Over-investment in skills
    • Excessive wage growth
    • Decreased job security

  20. Which calculation gives the unit labour cost for a business?

    • Labour costs / revenue
    • Output / labour costs
    • Labour costs / output
    • Total costs / output

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