Buss 220: Human Resource Management Question Paper
Buss 220: Human Resource Management
Course:Business Administration
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2010
FACULTY : BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
DEPARTMENT : BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS Answer Question ONE and any Other TWO Questions
Question 1
Trendy Limited is a multinational corporation with a start-up capital of USD 3 million. It has a total workforce of 35,000 employees half of whom are youth. The company deals in telecommunication sector and has been at the forefront of making business inroads even despite external pressures. However, of late, go-slows have been prevalent among the lower cadre staff threatening to have lockdown. The human resource assistant is consequently forced to resign.
a) State with supporting arguments the reasons you deem are responsible for the resignation? (10 Marks)
b) In your capacity as a consultant, draft a full job analysis manifest for the new occupant to be placed in the tabloids. (5 Marks)
c) Describe how the job design of the incumbent could be a hindrance. (5 Marks)
d) What measures can Trendy Limited take to reverse the quagmire? (5 Marks)
e) State the costs likely to be incurred. (5 Marks)
Question 2
Define the term ‘Job Design’. With the help of a diagram, discuss the various manifestations of Job Design while expounding on both their merits and demerits. (15 Marks)
Question 3
Enumerate the history of HR in context of contemporary Kenya while elucidating the challenges thereof with viable instances (15 Marks)
Question 4
a) Explain the methods of forecasting human resource needs in an organisation of your choice. (10 Marks) b) The potential for employees to respond to an organisation’s recruitment efforts depend on a number of factors. Discuss these factors that influence Human Resource Recruitment(5Marks)
Question 5
Write brief notes on the following
i) Job enrichment
ii) Working conditions
iii) Advertising
iv) Job redesign
v) Hard HRM (15Marks)
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