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:

CS

An abbreviation for Conditioned Stimulus, a term used in classical conditioning to denote a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response.

US

United States; a country located primarily in North America.

Classical Conditioning

A training method where a naturally occurring response is learned through linking an environmental cue with a natural stimulus.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning, a fundamental learning process.