Hrmg 220: Human Resource Management Question Paper
Hrmg 220: Human Resource Management
Course:Business Administration
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2012
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 2ND TRIMESTER 2012(DAY) EXAMINATIONS
SCHOOL : BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT : BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
UNIT CODE : HRMG 220
UNIT TITLE : HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question one and any other two questions.
Question One
What do you understand by "recruitment?" Explain the process of recruitment.
(10 Marks)
Discuss the importance of Human Resource Management in the contemporary business environment with reference to Kenya.
(10 Marks)
Discuss the importance of job description and job specification in the job analysis exercise.
(10 Marks)
Question Two
Define human resource planning. How will you assess the human resource requirements of a large enterprise which is manufacturing and marketing computer software?
(10 Marks)
Job analysis is the most basic human resource management activity. Discuss.
(10 Marks)
Question Three
Briefly explain the selection procedure followed by an organization with which you are familiar. Recommend suggestions to improve the quality of current selection decisions.
(10 Marks)
An IT company manufacturing and selling hardware has recruited you from your college as a management trainee in the sales division. Develop a typical orientation program that can be used in the first six-weeks on the job.
(10 Marks)
Question Four
Explain the need for training in the modern organizations.
(10 Marks)
Identify the important reasons why a designing and implementing employee reward system is the most complex human resource management activity.
(10 Marks)
Question Five
Employee retention, particularly at supervisory/management level is an increasing concern which organizations confront in the globalised economy. To what extent in your view the issue of employee retention could be addressed at the stage of recruitment?
(10 Marks)
What are the caused of unsatisfactory labour relations? Suggest measures for healthy labour relations.
(10 Marks)
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