In General, HR Departments Should Be Able to Improve Their

question 18

Multiple Choice

In general, HR departments should be able to improve their performance through some combination of greater efficiency and greater effectiveness. In this context, greater effectiveness means that

• A) the rate of employee turnover is considerably high.
• B) the HR personnel use fewer and less-costly resources to perform its functions.
• C) the average employee compensation in the organization is well above the prevailing market rate.
• D) what the HR department does has a more beneficial effect on employees' and the organization's performance.
• E) there is a relatively narrow gap between the highest and the lowest salaries paid in the organization.

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Definitions:

Foreign Currency

Money or financial instruments that are used in a country other than one's own.

Foreign Exchange Gain

A profit that results from an increase in value of a foreign currency relative to the home currency in which a company's foreign currency denominated assets are valued.

Merchandise

Goods or products that are bought, sold, or traded in the retail environment.