1. _____ are an organization's most important resources. a. Physical resources b. Human resources c. Natural resources d. Monetary resources 2. Jasper is a manager at an electronic equipment...

1. _____ are an organization's most important resources. a. Physical resources b. Human resources c. Natural resources d. Monetary resources 2. Jasper is a manager at an electronic equipment manufacturing firm. He supervises assembly-line workers and manages inventory. He also assigns employees to various tasks and assignments. In the given scenario, Jasper can be traditionally considered to be a(n) _____. a. staff manager b. ancillary worker c. line manager d. blue-collar worker 3. Which of the following was an effect of the Industrial Revolution? a. Small enterprises and farms run by families interested in supporting themselves began to emerge. b. Business owners began to rely on professional managers to oversee a portion of their operations. c. Businesses recognized the disadvantages of scientific management and replaced it with personnel management. d. Managers recognized the importance of ethnocentric practices and began implementing them. 4. The passage of _____ made it clear that organizations had to find ways to hire, reward, and manage people effectively within the limits of the law. a. the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1989 b. the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 c. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 d. Section 5 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 5. Which of the following statements is true of contemporary HR managers? a. They are regarded as second-class corporate citizens. b. They are responsible for promoting ethnocentrism in the workplace. c. They are required to be a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. d. They represent a diverse set of professionals with a variety of backgrounds.