HRM Architecture and Actors
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What is a key task of the HRM process in relation to employee performance management?

  • Focusing solely on managerial performance
  • Emphasizing convergent interests to facilitate collaboration (correct)
  • Only considering HRM specialist interests
  • Emphasizing divergent interests to facilitate competition
  • According to Pfeffer (1994), what is HRM ultimately about?

  • Performance through people (correct)
  • Managing employee performance through technology
  • Reducing HRM specialist roles
  • Maximizing profits through layoffs
  • What is a primary reason for managers to be invested in their employees' performance?

  • To increase autonomy
  • To secure their own job
  • Their own performance rests on their employees' performance (correct)
  • To receive bonuses
  • What is a potential source of conflict in the HRM process?

    <p>Divergent interests between managers and employees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who has the primary responsibility for setting the HR architecture of an organization?

    <p>Top management and HR professionals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of HR professionals in the HRM process?

    <p>Initiating HRM activities and contributing to organizational performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is responsible for conducting performance reviews?

    <p>Managers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of performance management?

    <p>To link employee goals with organizational goals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of HR specialists in performance management?

    <p>To set the rules of the game</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do managers use to assess desirable employee activities and outputs?

    <p>Their knowledge of the local context, experience, and stakeholders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of employees in HRM practices?

    <p>Co-producers of HRM practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe HR specialists' role in an organization?

    <p>HR Business Partners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary rationale behind HRM devolution?

    <p>To enable managers to know their employees better</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential challenge of HRM devolution?

    <p>Ineffective implementation of HRM practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following HRM practices is most closely related to employee performance management?

    <p>Performance management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of HRM practices, according to the HRM lifecycle?

    <p>To enhance employee performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is primarily responsible for HRM practices, according to the global trend?

    <p>Managers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the benefit of HRM devolution, according to the research by Kurdi-Nakra et al. (2022)?

    <p>HRM devolution is generally effective</p> Signup and view all the answers

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