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Answer all questions from this section.
Indicate whether the statement is True or false.
1. Contemporary Human Resources Management is the cornerstone for the success of every
organisation.
2. By the middle stage of industrialization, organisations’ desire for mass production caused a
drastic shift from mass recruitment to automation of production. That is, replacement of human
labour by using automated machines which could produce up to more than ten times what the
whole labour force could produce.
3. When establishing goals, the organisation has to accomplish them over a stipulated number of
years, for it to become or remain successful.
4. Strategic planning does not serve a variety of purposes in an organisation.
5. The mission statement is not responsible for the overall purpose of the organization.
6. Values are not incorporated into the strategic plan as actions to align actual behaviour with
preferred behaviours.
7. Strategic goals are long-term plans that are supposed to be achieved by the end of the planning
period.
8. An owner means the person in charge or responsible for ensuring that at the end of the year, that
particular strategic objective is achieved, and should be accountable to the executive management.
9. Line managers do not understand their department’s human resources more than human
resources practitioners who operate from human resources department.
10. Investment on human capital begins with choosing the right people to join the workforce.
11. It is important to note that extensive use of communication systems is a prerequisite to
teamwork; otherwise, teams will be inefficient or collapse.
12. Change though not always bad, is always met with some resistance from those it affects.
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