Programme Cohort

BA (Hons) Business Administration BBAHRM/12/FT

Human Resource Management (Top Up) (TP) Aug

BSc(Hons) Human Resource BHRM/10/FT -

Management Aug Int

Examinations for 2012 - 2013 Semester II /

2013 Semester I

MODULE: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

MODULE CODE: HRMT 3113

Duration: 2 Hours

Instructions to Candidates:

1. This paper consists of both Sections A and B.

2. Section A is compulsory.
3. Answer any two questions from Section B.
4. Always start a new question on a fresh page.
5. Total Marks: 100.

This question paper contains 5 questions and 3 pages.

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 SECTION A: COMPULSORY

QUESTION 1: (40 MARKS)

(a) Give a comprehensive definition of the term ‘Strategic Human Resource

Management’ and explain the major terms used in this definition.
(10 marks)

(b) Discuss the matching approaches and universal approaches of Strategic

HRM. (16 marks)

(c) As per the Whittington’s generic approaches to strategy ‘In the evolutionary
approach market forces dictate the strategy to be adopted by the firm’ Discuss
this statement. (14 marks)

SECTION B: ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS

QUESTION 2: (30 MARKS)

(a) For firms, that are adopting the following three generic strategies of
Innovation/Quality enhancement/Cost reduction, what would be the required
employee behavior and the accompanying H.R techniques and approaches
that can be pursued to fulfill these strategies. (21 marks)

(b) Explain briefly the three levels of strategic decision making. (9 marks)

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QUESTION 3: (30 MARKS)

Discuss in depth the Guest, Sisson and Hendry and Pettigrew principles of
Strategic Human Resource Management.

QUESTION 4: (30 MARKS)

(a) Discuss the salient features of the ‘High-performance model’ and ‘High-
Commitment model’ (15 marks)

(b) Discuss the HRM features which best characterise these models. (15 marks)

QUESTION 5: (30 MARKS)

(a) Discuss the four major attributes of the Resource Based View (RBV) of
Strategic HRM and how they can lead to a situation of competitive advantage
to an organization. (20 marks)

(b) Using an example elucidate the concept of strategic integration in SHRM.

(10 marks)

***END OF QUESTION PAPER***

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