HR Quiz Challenge: Can You Answer These Yes/No Questions on HRM History and Concepts?

Dear All,

Try to solve this... just YES / NO... if possible give explanation too. :icon1:

1. Personnel Management dates from the 1890s in the USA.
2. Personnel Management has more of a welfare than a managerialist tradition in some countries.
3. Traditional personnel managers had high status compared to managers in other business functions.
4. HRM is just a new name for Personnel Management wherever it is applied.
5. There is a greater stress on the differences between HRM and Personnel Management outside the USA.
6. Human Resource Management first evolved in Great Britain.
7. The ideas of F.W. Taylor and Henry Ford have no influence on management today.
8. Human Resource Management is a systematic approach to people management.
9. The fundamental concepts of HRM are generally agreed and easy to implement.
10. Basically, HRM is just Human Relations.
11. HRM is one of a number of management fashions that have developed over the last few decades.
12. The rise of HRM has something to do with female and male power issues.
13. Hard and soft mean difficult and easy to understand respectively.
14. Harvard's model of HRM is much harder than that from Michigan.
15. HRM sometimes seems to mean Hypocrisy, Rhetoric, and Manipulation.
16. Human resources are just the same as any other business resource.
17. The rise and application of HRM has been faster in theory than in practice.
18. Human Resource Information Systems and other computer techniques make HRM easier to apply.
19. Currently, there is considerable interest in measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of HR initiatives.
20. There is a coherent and integrated system of HR certification in the USA.

Thank you.

Sure, I will provide the answers, but let us try it out right. Giving a simple yes or no is easy, but explanation is more important. Let's try:icon1:

Hey Poorani - the answers were not the problem. You will find Yes/No responses easily. Vijeta's single line saying "if possible give explanation too" is the real challenge. And we don't want to disappoint her without an explanation also, right? 😯

Personnel Management dates back to the 1890s in the USA. This is likely true because Personnel management would not have emerged before the industrial revolution, which occurred in the early 19th century.

Hi Vijeta,

I have answered it in objective form for now; the explanation will be provided by someone who is always good at answering.

1. Personnel Management dates back to the 1890s in the USA - Yes
2. Personnel Management has more of a welfare tradition than a managerialist tradition in some countries - Yes
3. Traditional personnel managers did not have high status compared to managers in other business functions - No
4. HRM is not just a new name for Personnel Management wherever it is applied - No
5. There is a greater emphasis on the differences between HRM and Personnel Management outside the USA - Yes
6. Human Resource Management did not first evolve in Great Britain - No
7. The ideas of F.W. Taylor and Henry Ford still influence management today - No
8. Human Resource Management is a systematic approach to people management - Yes
9. The fundamental concepts of HRM are not generally agreed upon and easy to implement - No
10. Basically, HRM is not just Human Relations - No
11. HRM is one of several management trends that have developed over the last few decades - Yes
12. The rise of HRM is related to gender power issues - Yes
13. Hard and soft refer to complex and easy to understand respectively - No
14. Harvard's model of HRM is not necessarily harder than that from Michigan - No
15. HRM sometimes appears to stand for Hypocrisy, Rhetoric, and Manipulation - Yes
16. Human resources are not the same as any other business resource - No
17. The rise and application of HRM have been faster in theory than in practice - Yes
18. Human Resource Information Systems and other computer techniques make applying HRM easier - Yes
19. Currently, there is significant interest in measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of HR initiatives - Yes
20. There is no coherent and integrated system of HR certification in the USA - No

I hope this helps! Let me know if you need further clarification or assistance.