Human Resource Development Nptel Week 2 Answers
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Human Resource Development Nptel Week 2 Answers(July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. HRD is an integration of psychological, economic, and which of the following, according to Swanson and Holton?
a) political
b) philosophical
c) system
d) All of these
Question 2. Match the following HRD theories with their propositions:
- Futures Theory
A. HRD must help its host organization retain its purpose and effectiveness under uncertainty - Chaos Theory
B. HRD must help its host organization shape alternative futures - General Systems Theory
C. HRD must understand how it and other subsystems connect and disconnect from the host organization
a) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
b) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
c) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A
d) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B
Question 3. Which of the following statements is not correct about HRD as an organizational system?
a) HRD as a system or process parallels the other processes in the organization.
b) The organizational system and the processes within each have their inputs, work processes, and outputs
c) All organizational systems have a common mission and strategy, structure, technology, and human resources.
d) The larger environment in which organizations function is characterized by its economic, political, and cultural forces
Question 4. Which of the following historical events contributed to the establishment of the working class and labor relations between employers and employees?
a) The emancipation of the serfs in Russia and the abolition of slavery in the United States
b) Concepts of scientific management
c) theory of education called functionalism, which encouraged mental testing and adaptive behavior
d) All of these
Question 5. Arrange these levels of Garavan’s SHRD model in the correct order – 1. Job value and uniqueness, 2. The global environment, 3. Strategy, structure, culture, and leadership, 4. Individual expectations, employability, and careers:
a) 2134
b) 3214
c) 2431
d) 2314
Question 6. According to Peterson’s model of SHRD, measuring HRD performance and facilitating strategic measurement processes would help in achieving which of the following objectives:
a) to align systems and processes
b) to forge strategic relationships
c) to develop a system of accountability
d) to create high-performance work systems
Question 7. Arrange the following steps of the basic model to align HR strategy and actions with business strategy in the correct order – 1. Develop detailed HR scorecard measures, 2. Identify workforce requirements, 3. Formulate HR strategic policies and activities, 4. Formulate business strategy:
a) 3214
b) 4231
c) 4321
d) 3421
Question 8. Which of the following is a Transformational SHRD activity?
a) Competency-based systems
b) Program design processes
c) Need analysis
d) Cultural change programs
Question 9. Which psychological process causes the arousal, direction, and persistence of goal-directed voluntary actions?
a) Attitude
b) Value
c) Motivation
d) Norm
Question 10. The principle of behavior modification which decreases the frequency of a behavior by removing the consequence that is reinforcing, is known as:
a) Extinction
b) Punishment
c) Positive reinforcement
d) Negative reinforcement
Question 11. Labor market conditions and technological changes are examples of which of the following factors influencing employee behavior?
a) Internal organizational factor
b) Internal employee factor
c) External environmental factor
d) All of these
Question 12. Which of the following best defines the term ‘Knowledge’?
a) understanding of the factors or principles related to a specific subject
b) person’s general feelings of favor or disfavor towards something
c) general capacities related to the performance of specific tasks
d) combines abilities and capacities, generally the result of training
These are Human Resource Development Nptel Week 2 Answers
Question 13. Human resources provide the potential for sustained competitive advantage through SHRD to develop firm-specific competencies and generate tacit organizational knowledge. This statement reflects which approach of SHRD?
a) Human Capital Approach
b) Behavioral Perspective
c) Resource-based Approach
d) None of these
Question 14. To evaluate the organization’s strategic objective, a manager wants to use an HR scorecard. Which of the following would be a suitable key performance indicator for measuring enhanced employee productivity?
a) shareholder value growth
b) ROI of HR strategic programs
c) employee stability
d) profit per employee
Question 15. According to Sung & Choi, perceived benefits of HRD fall under which dimension of the HRD-performance link?
a) quantitative dimension focusing on management
b) quantitative dimension focusing on employees
c) qualitative dimension focusing on management
d) qualitative dimension focusing on employees
These are Human Resource Development Nptel Week 2 Answers