Hrm 603 Strategic Human Resource Management Question Paper
Hrm 603 Strategic Human Resource Management
Course:Masters Of Business Administration In Human Resource Management
Institution: Kca University question papers
Exam Year:2014
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2013/2014
EXAMINATION FOR THE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(MBA) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HRM 603 STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DATE: AUGUST, 2014
TIME: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One and Any Other Three Questions
QUESTION ONE (31 MARKS)
Ramtons is a 150 year Germany Company, but it is not the company it was even a few years ago.
Until recently, Ramtons focused on producing electrical products. Today, the firm has diversified into
software, engineering and services, and is also global with over 400,000 employees working in 190
countries. In other words, Ramtons became a world leader by pursuing a corporate strategy that
emphasized diversifying into high-tech products and services and doing so on a global basis.
With a corporate strategy like that, HRM plays a big role at Ramtons. Sophisticated engineering and
services require more focus on employee selection, training and compensation than in the average firm,
and globalization requires delivering these services globally.
Ramtons sums up the basic themes of its HR strategy in several points. These include:-
1. A living company is a learning company
2. Global teamwork is the key to developing and using all the potential of the firms HR.
3. A climate of mutual respect is the basis of all relationships within the company and with the
society.
Required:
a)
Identify four strategically relevant HR system policies and activities that Ramtons has instituted
to realize the basic themes of its HR strategy.
(10 Marks)
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b)
Based on the information in this case, outline the principle steps to the process of the HR
strategy development.
c)
(10 Marks)
What role does HRM as a strategic function play in helping Ramtons achieve its strategic aims.
(6 Marks)
d)
Explain three HR strategies you would use for improving commitment of Ramtons employees.
(5 Marks)
QUESTION TWO (23 MARKS)
Strategic recruitment and selection of human resource is closely intertwined with organizational
strategy.
a.
Briefly describe the strategic role of strategic recruitment and selection in determining the
strategic posture of an organization.
b.
(15 Marks)
Identify and explain the various components of a recruitment and selection strategy.
(8 Marks)
QUESTION THREE (23 MARKS)
a)
Evaluate the factors in the organization’s external environment that will be relevant to the
construction of a Human Resource Strategy.
b)
(14 Marks)
Giving examples, explain the goals of performance management strategy in a modern
organization.
(9 Marks
QUESTION FOUR (23 MARKS)
(a)
Discuss the potential barriers that an organization would encounter in the formulation and
implementation of HR strategies.
(b)
(15 Marks)
What options are available to a HR strategist to address these barriers. (8 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE (23 MARKS)
Zooks limited Co. is a newly established company in Nairobi town. The top management has decided
to adopt a performance management strategy.
(a)
Explain the key areas of concern of a performance management strategy that should be
addressed in establishing the system.
(b)
(8 Marks)
Analyze the performance management process, and illustrate diagrammatically. (10 Marks)
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(c)
Advise the management on the principles it should follow to make the performance
management strategy effective.
(5 Marks)
QUESTION SIX (23 MARKS)
(a)
Discuss the models / approaches that led to the development of strategic human resource
management, indicating their relevance.
(b)
(12 Marks)
Demonstrate your understanding of the term ‘Human Resource playing the strategic business
partner role in an organization’.
(11 Marks)
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