THE QUAIDE MILLETH COLLEGE FOR MEN SHIFT – II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE B.COM G EVEN SEMESTER BVZ6B HUMAN RESORCE MANAGEMENT – 2 Marks 1. What is Interview? An Interview is a face-to-face oral examination of a candidate by an employer. Interview may be held at two stages – Preliminary stage and Final stage. The Final Interview enables the employer to examine the candidate thoroughly. 2. What is Placement? Placement is a process of assigning a specific job to each of the selected candidates. It involves assigning a specific rank and responsibility to the candidates by keeping in their qualifications. 3. What is meant by Demotion? Demotion is the opposite of Promotion where an employee who has been in a higher position will be moved or demoted to a lower position. Such measure is adopted when he is found to be incapable of discharging his duties in the present job. 4. What is Job Analysis? The process of determining the nature and contents of a particular job is known as Job Analysis. It brings out the following: The tasks to be performed in a given job. He conditions under which the job has to be performed. The skills and capabilities required for the job. 5. What is Time Wage system? Here the workers will be paid on the basis of the time spent by them on the job irrespective of the quantum of work done by them.
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THE QUAIDE MILLETH COLLEGE FOR MEN SHIFT – II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE B.COM G
EVEN SEMESTER BVZ6B
HUMAN RESORCE MANAGEMENT – 2 Marks
1. What is Interview?
An Interview is a face-to-face oral examination of a candidate by an
employer.
Interview may be held at two stages – Preliminary stage and Final
stage. The Final Interview enables the employer to examine the
candidate thoroughly.
2. What is Placement?
Placement is a process of assigning a specific job to each of the
selected candidates.
It involves assigning a specific rank and responsibility to the candidates
by keeping in their qualifications.
3. What is meant by Demotion?
Demotion is the opposite of Promotion where an employee who has
been in a higher position will be moved or demoted to a lower position.
Such measure is adopted when he is found to be incapable of
discharging his duties in the present job.
4. What is Job Analysis?
The process of determining the nature and contents of a particular job
is known as Job Analysis.
It brings out the following:
The tasks to be performed in a given job.
He conditions under which the job has to be
performed.
The skills and capabilities required for the job.
5. What is Time Wage system?
Here the workers will be paid on the basis of the time spent by them on
the job irrespective of the quantum of work done by them.
It ignores the differences in the level of output of different workers. It is
a conventional method of wage system.
6. What do you mean by Employee Welfare?
Employee is a comprehensive term which includes various services,
facilities and amenities provided to the employees for their betterment.
Employee Welfare measures, also known as Fringe benefits and
services, may be voluntary and statutory.
7. What is Collective Bargaining?
Collective bargaining is the process of negotiating the terms of
employment between an employer and a group of workers.
The terms of employment are likely to include items such as conditions
of employment, working conditions and other workplace rules, overtime
pay, work hours, sick leave, and other terms.
8. Write a note on Worker’s participation in management:-
Worker’s participation in management refers to the active mental and
emotional involvement of the workers in the management of the
enterprise.
It is also called as ‘Labour participation’ or ‘Employee participation’ in
management.
9. What is Audit Report?
Audit report refers to a written opinion regarding a firm by the auditor.
An auditor's report provides an opinion on the validity and reliability of a
company’s financial statements after being thoroughly checked by the
auditor.
10. What is Planning?
Planning is deciding in advance what should be done and how it should
be done to eliminate random working.
Planning involves determination of objectives, policies, procedures,
rules, strategies, programmes and budgets.
11. What are the components of Social Security?
The main components of Social Security are as follows:-
Public assistance
Unemployment compensation
Old-age insurance
12. What is Trade Union?
A Trade Union is essentially an association of employees of a
particular trade or industry.
It is formed to safeguard the interests of its employees or members
against certain vindictive management actions.
13. Define Human Resource Management.
“ Human Resource or Man-power Management describes the effective
process of planning and directing the application development and
utilization of Human Resource in employment.”
14. What do you mean by Selection?
Selection is the process of choosing or selecting the most suitable
candidate for the vacant position in the organisation.
The selection of the suitable candidate will be made from a pool of
various applicants of a particular position.
15. What do you mean by Employee Placement?
Employee Placement involves the Selection and placement of the right
employee or employees by matching their qualifications with that of the
position.
By this process the company attempts to create an effective working
environment.
16. What is Operative Training?
It refers to the training given to an employee in the place where he is
employed. It is also called as ‘On-the-job’training.
Work and learn is the philosophy of Operative training concept.
17. What is meant by Performance Appraisal?
It is the process of making assessment of the performance and
progress of the employees of an organisation.
After an employee is recruited into the company, he is given necessary
training and is assessed whether he is efficient or not.
18. Mention the different types of Promotion:-
There are 3 types of promotions. They are:-
Vertical Promotion
Horizontal Promotion or Upgradation
Dry Promotion.
19. Define the term Motivation.
“ Motivation means a process of stimulating people to action to
accomplish desired goals.” – W.G. Scott.
“ Something that moves the person to action and continues him in the
course of action already initiated.” – Robert Dubin.
20. List out the various Incentive methods:-
I. Individual Incentive Plans:-
1. Time – based Plans:-
Halsey’s Plan
Rowan’s Plan
Emerson’s Plan
Bedeaux’s Plan
2. Output – based Plans:-
Taylor’s Differential Piece Rate Plan
Merrick’s Multiple Piece Rate Plan
Gnatt’s Task Plan
II. Group Incentive Plans:-
Priestman’s Plan
Scanlon’s Plan
21. Define Trade Union.
“ A trade union is a continuing, long term association of employees,
formed and maintained for the specific purpose of advancing and
protecting the interests of members in their working relationships.” –
Dale Yoder.
22. Write short notes on Human Resource Audit:-
Human Resource Audit is concerned with the examination and
evaluation of the policies, procedures and practices with reference to
the human resource of the organisation.
It is a periodic review of to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of
human resource management.
23. What do you mean by Employer Training?
Training is concerned with increasing the knowledge and skills of
employees for doing specific jobs.
In other words, training provides the workers with facility to gain
technical knowledge and to learn new skills to do specific jobs. Training
is equally important for the existing as well as the new employees.
24. What do you mean by Remuneration?
Remuneration refers to the payment or compensation received for
services or employment.
This includes the base salary and any bonuses or other economic
benefits that an employee or executive receives during employment.
25. State any two benefits of Incentives:-
Higher output: Incentives to employees to induce them to work better
which in turn leads to higher output.
Greater profits: As the workers provide with higher output,
consequently it results in greater increase in profits of the firm.
26. What is meant by Labour Relation?
Labour relations refers to the practices and rules that structure
relations between employees within a company.
It specifies or depicts the relationship between the labour force with
that of the management.
27. What is Participation in management?
It is the practice of empowering members of a group such as
employees or workers of a company to participate in the organisational
decision making.
It facilitates effective and efficient performance and progress of the
workers or employees.
28. What do you understand by Transfer?
Transfer means shifting of an employee from one section to another or
one department to another or one branch to another or even to another
country.
Transfer may take place due to many reasons such as vacancy,
promotion transfer, compulsory transfer etc,.
29. What is Induction Training?
Induction Training also known as ‘Orientation Training’, is required for
new employees.
A person or employee who has just been inducted into a company
must be informed of his duties and nature of work to be performed.
30. What is performance review?
Performance review is a method by which the job or work performance
of an employee is documented and evaluated.
It is done to ensure and determine the degree to which the stated
objectives and expectations have been reached.
31. What is meant by Broadbanding?
Broadbanding is a job grading structure that falls between using spot
salaries vs. many job grades to determine what to pay to particular
positions.
Hence, Broadbanding is a more flexible pay system.
32. What is Empowerment?
Empowerment refers to giving employees skills, resources, authority,
opportunity, and holding them responsible and accountable for
outcomes of their actions.
It motivates and encourages such persons or employees to work with
best interest and due responsibility.
33. Define HR Accounting.
The American Association of Accountants (AAA) defines HRA as “HRA
is a process of identifying and measuring data about human resources
and communicating this information to interested parties”.
34. Write short notes on recruitment.
Recruitment process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate
(from within or outside of an organization) for a job opening, in a timely
and costeffective manner.
It is a core function of Human Resource Management.
35. Name any four Training Techniques:-
Induction Training
Refresher Training
Job Rotation
Case Study
Management Games
Role Playing
36. What is Career Development?
Career Development is a series of on-going or lifelong activities or
process of developing one’s career.
It involves training on new skills, moving to higher job responsibilities,
making a career change within the same organization or moving to a
different organization.
37. What are Incentives?
‘Incentive’ may be defined as any reward or benefit given to employees
over and above the wage or salary with a view to motivate them to
excel in the work.
Incentives include both monetary as well as non-monetary rewards.