Chapter 1-4 Quiz HMR Managing Human Capital C202- WGU with complete verified solutions 2025

Samuel is the HR Director and will be explaining to new leaders what it means to manage human capital. Which of the following should he include in his description?

All of the above -

sourcing and recruiting the best talent available

providing training and developmental opportunities

leveraging employees' current knowledge and skill set

To serve as the foundation of her understanding, LaKita is learning about the six functional areas of human resource management. Which of the following answers is NOT a functional area?

customer service

Maylee is the CEO of a mid-size manufacturing company in the Northeast and is explaining to shareholders HRM's relation to business strategy. Which one of the following statements is most accurate?

HRM policies and practices align with the business strategy and therefore fluctuate to adhere to the competitive environment and immediate business conditions.

1. At the annual retreat, Janice presented how the HR department and its human resource management policies add value to the organization and influence organizational performance by ________.

improving efficiency and contributing to revenue growth

Abigail is managing her employer's transition from one health insurance carrier to another. If she does the job well, it will require all of the following EXCEPT ________.

presenting employees with directives from leaders who are trying to control expenses

As part of his HR duties, Bart wants to reinforce organizational culture through each functional area of HR. Before identifying which type of culture best describes his organization, he decides to do an in-depth study of performance culture, plus these four broad types of organizational culture:

entrepreneurial, bureaucratic, consensual, competitive

As Training Director, Carol has trained all high-level managers on the five different types of standards that help us evaluate a situation and make an ethical decision. Which ethical standards are described as follows: balances doing the most good and doing the least harm, AND respects and protects the moral rights of everyone affected by the action?

utilitarian AND rights

1. Daniel was explaining to his great-granddaughter, Emma, what things were like when he entered the workforce. Emma notices some striking differences between then and now, and she concludes that most employment laws were created to ________.

promote equal access to employment opportunities

Esther and Fredrico have differing views on affirmative action. Fredrico thinks the equality generated from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is sufficient, while Esther thinks there is an ongoing need for affirmative action in order to ________.

correct areas of past discrimination

Geraldo argues that since this law produced equal employment opportunity and five protected classes, it is the most influential federal employment law of them all. Which law is he referring to?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

One of Rebecca's primary responsibilities as HR Director is to align the organization's talent to effectively and efficiently accomplish strategic goals. A piece of this alignment is anticipating and making provision for the movement of people into, within, and out of an organization as it relates to the work that must be done; this attention to alignment and labor supply and demand is known as ________.

human resources planning

Next, Rebecca directs her assistant, Jasmine, to conduct a job analysis by researching information about several front-line jobs. What is the primary outcome of this process?

a detailed job description for new or existing positions

Kimmie developed an employee ________, which contains an overview of the organization along with expectations and guidelines. She also included dozens of ________ to explain the organization's position on a variety of topics followed by ________, which outline steps for successful task completion.

handbook, policies, procedures