HRM QUESTION POOL FOR III TEST (2009) FROM MODULE V

Short Questions (Half to one page)

What is Grievance?
Differentiate Complaints and Grievance
What is Exit Interview?
What is Gripe Box?
What is Open Door Policy?
What are legalistic and human relations approaches in grievance handling?
What are responsibilities of line managers and HR managers in grievance handling?
Define “Discipline”
What are positive and negative disciplines?
Give examples for minor and major misconducts
What is stress?
Explain the various types of stress
What is HRIS?
Explain the subsystems of HRIS?
What is ‘reverse discrimination’?
What is corporate affirmative actions?
What are ‘Green Jobs’?
What is ‘white-collar unions’?
What are equality and equity in rewarding people?
What is participative Management?
How does a good human relations lead to a good industrial relations?
Define “Industrial Relations(IR)”
What are positive IR and negative IR?
Write a short note on employers’ associations.

Medium Question( Two to three pages)

Discuss the various causes for Grievances

Discuss the various features of a good grievance handling procedure
Discuss the various approaches to discipline
Explain the salient features of McGregor’s Hot-stove rule on discipline
What are the myths and realities about SHIWP?
What are the various sources of stress?
Link work stress and work-life balance
Explain the dynamics of the stress
Explain the procedure of introduction of HRIS
What are the recent trends in IR?
What are regulative pattern, conflictive pattern, and preventive pattern of managing IR?

Essay Questions(Four to six pages)

Explain the model grievance procedure. Do you think that advent of IT, RTI Act, etc. have
changed the nature and trends of complaints and grievance in the workplaces?
Explain the process of domestic enquiry. Do you think punishment alone will deter a
person from indiscipline?
Discuss the various approaches(Human relations, systems, Gandhian, Marxist, etc) to IR
“Stress is a good servant, but a bad master” – Substantiate this statement
Discuss the history of trade unions in India
Give a critical analysis of the future trends in HRM from global perspective
Do a SWOT analysis of trade unions in India

N.B: (a) Apart from the above questions, please come prepared on OTQs from the V
Module. There will be 10 OTQs also for the test.
For essay questions, give an introduction, sub-headings, and conclusion. Underline
important points.
Use quality ruled papers
Bring your own stationeries and articles
There will be two or three different sets of questions