The Acknowledgment That HR Policies and Practices Have Critical Linkages

question 11

Multiple Choice

The acknowledgment that HR policies and practices have critical linkages with an organization's overall strategy is generally termed ______________.

• A) human resource plan
• B) human resource master plan
• C) human resource strategic plan
• D) strategic human resource management

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, including reinforcements and punishments to increase or decrease the behavior's occurrence.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where only a portion of responses are reinforced, leading to slower acquisition of a response but greater resistance to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement where a reward follows every correct response or desired behavior, commonly used in the initial stages of training.

Contingency

A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, often dependent on other factors.