Strategic Managers Must Be Concerned with Human Resource Management Because

question 86

Multiple Choice

Strategic managers must be concerned with human resource management because

• A) dealing with people is their primary job.
• B) quality of work life is more important than strategic management.
• C) the best strategies are meaningless if employees do not have the skills to carry them out or if jobs cannot be designed to accommodate the available workers.
• D) workers are more likely to go on strike if management attempts to cross them.
• E) they must be aware of the possibility and potential of unionism.

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Definitions:

Human Resources

The department within a business that is charged with finding, screening, recruiting, and training job applicants, as well as administering employee-benefit programs.

Smooth Running Operation

A situation or condition where business processes or systems function efficiently without any major disruptions.

Work In Process Inventory

Items currently under production but not yet finished.

Cost Of Goods Manufactured

The total production cost (material, labor, and overhead) of goods completed and transferred out of the work-in-process account during a period.