PSYC 651 Quiz Module 3

PSYC 651 Quiz Module 3

PSYC 651 Quiz: Performance Management and Strategic Planning

Covers the Textbook material from Module 3: Week 3.

1. Contributions of the HR function to the strategic planning process include all of the following EXCEPT:
2. are what the organization intends to do in the short term, say, one to three years.
3. The process of describing the organization’s destination, assessing barriers that stand in the way of that destination, and selecting approaches for moving forward is called
4. Which of the following is a purpose served by strategic planning?
5. Which of the following is characteristic of a good vision statement?
6. Leverage is a combination of an opportunity in the external environment and a matching strength in the organization.
7. A good mission statement contains which of the following?
8. analyzes the external environment vis-à-vis the internal environment.
9. A vision statement provides more specific information on how the mission will be implemented.
10. Which of the following internal factors should be considered in an internal environmental analysis?
11. The main goal of the strategic planning process is to:
12. The strategic planning process consists of all of the following EXCEPT:
13. In order to ensure that strategy cascades down the organization and leads to concrete actions, which of the following must be done?
14. Which of the following is a purpose served by strategic planning?
15. A balanced scorecard allows the HR department to evaluate which employees are contributing the most to the organization’s success.
16. The mission statement summarizes:
17. If a company identifies an external opportunity that it cannot pursue due to an internal weakness, this is considered a:
18. A good vision statement is all of the following EXCEPT:
19. An examination of the internal environment includes a consideration of:
20. A description of what the organization would like to become in the future is called:
21. Which of the following external factors should be considered in any external environmental analysis?
22. Characteristics of the external environment that can help the organization succeed are known as
23. Characteristics of the external environment that can prevent the organization from being successful are known as
24. Performance management systems allow all employees to understand where the organization stands and where it needs to go and provide tools to employees so that their behaviors will help the organization meet its objectives.
25. ___________________ are the descriptions of game plans to reach the stated objectives.