Dated 11th October, 2000

Though your job is dependent on the knowledge of your area of functional expertise, it is the interaction with Human Resource Department that really clinches the deal. So, one needs to be contemporary with HR concepts and trends.

1. Which of these do not precipitate employee dissatisfaction?

a. Attitude of key people

b. Reward systems

c. Supervisory relations

d. Co-op and internship programmes

2. There are four critical components for CEO well being. They are physical, spiritual, psychological and

a. Financial

b. Ethical

c. Temperamental

d. Verbal

3. To be able to evaluate your managed system, you need to rationalise, brainstorm, catalogue and

a. Act

b. Denounce

c. Identify

d. Proceed

4. When safety is a value, it becomes the natural way of performing a job and anything less is unacceptable.

a. Individual

b. Espoused

c. Economic

d. Basic

5. The process of buying business functions from another company is called

a. Acquisition

b. Joint Venture

c. Merger

d. Outsourcing

6. What is the most influencing factor that encourages generation of new ideas?

a. Provision of updated technology

b. Effective leadership qualities

c. Reward and recognition

d. Infrastructure

7. The best possible way of gaining support for your decisions when implementing change

a. Explain the reasons for following a different approach.

b. Hire a specialist who can provide alternate suggestions.

c. Take responsibility for any eventualities that might occur.

d. Prove your method by producing the desired results.

8. Knowledge sharing practices leads to:

a. Reduction in cost and time.

b. Expertise

c. New Learning

d. Organisational Efficiency

9. Comparing the traditional disciplinary measures with that of the non-punitive concept, it is evident that the -- method has a positive impact

a. Intervention

b. Counselling

c. Termination

d. Resignation

10. The success of technological changes depends on - changes

a. Humans

b. Managements

c. Machines

d. Computers

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Key to Contemporary Quotient quiz:

1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-d, 6-c, 7-d, 8-d, 9-b, 10-a.