Tarucan, Jourdanette G.

LEARNING ASSESSMENT – CHAPTER 1

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: An Introduction and Scope

Activity 1. Identification
Identify the correct and complete term/s being described, defined or explained in each item.

1. An essential aspect of employee development not only for their own education but also to
ensure that the company is continuously getting the best from its workforce. TRAINING
2. HRM aims of maintaining the department’s contribution at a level appropriate to the
organization’s needs to avoid wastes and in ensuring that the department’s level of service must
be appropriate for the organization it serves. FUNCTIONAL OBJECTIVE
3. One M of management that is the hardest to manage. MEN
4. Organizational department which provides the interface between the company and its staff. HR
DEPARTMENT
5. Refers to the traditional approach of managing employees which focuses on adherence to
policies and rules of organization. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
6. Refers to the process by which the company works in identifying the number of job vacancies,
and providing solutions on how to deal with the excess or shortage of company staff. HUMAN
RESOURCE PLANNING
7. Refers to the human resources employed in the workplace. PERSONNEL
8. They are the lifeblood of every company, providing the skills and experience require to keep
productivity levels up. EMPLOYEES
9. The person behind the quotation, “the greatest tragedy is the destruction of our human
resources by our failure to fully utilize our abilities, which means that most men and women go
to their graves with their music still in them.” OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
10. Refers to the overall cycle that employees follow, from hiring and onboarding, to performance
management and talent development, through all the transitions encountered, up to retirement
and exit. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Activity 2. Complete the Table

Provide only the missing key term/s.

Basis of Difference (5) HUMAN RESOURCE (13) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT
(1) NATURE Strategic function Routine function
Speed of decision (6) FAST Slow
The way it regards people as in Valuable resource (14) BASIC INPUT
making the desired output
Management skills (7) FACILITATION (15) NEGOTIATION
(2) INITIATIVES Integrated Piecemeal
Job design (8) TEAMWORK Division of labor
(3) COMMUNICATION Open Restricted or limited
Nature of relations (9) UNITARIST (16) PLURALIST
Basis for pay valuation Performance Job evaluation
Who are satisfied when Both employers and employees (17) EMPLOYERS
organizational goal is achieved
Type of managerial leadership (10) TRANSFORMATIONAL (18) TRANSACTIONAL
LEADERSHIP
(4) ORIENTATION Development oriented Discipline, direction and control
oriented
Management approach (11) BUSINESS-NEED (19) PROCEDURES
Key relations (12) CUSTOMER (20) LABOR MANAGEMENT