PAF – Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology City Campus

Course: Human Resource Management

Faculty: Muhammad Salman Khan
Class ID: 105417
Examination: Mid Term (FALL – 2020) Date: October 31, 2020

Total Marks: 25 Max. Time: 2 Hours

Section A (12.5 Marks)

To be attempted via LMS

Section B (2.5 Marks)

Appropriately write “True” or “False” against following statements: and GIVE SHORT
REASONS for your selection: Answers WITHOUT THE REASONS WILL NOT BE
MARKED.

1. External hiring reduces organizational diversity.

2. Organizations prefer to hire internally, to enhance employee motivation and retention
levels.
3. In real sense, providing training to an employee is an investment, rather than, an expense
for a firm.
4. Review and assessment phase of performance management process comes before
performance appraisals.
5. Exit interviews are conducted in organizations in order to pin point those employees
who are poor performers and a burden for the organization.

Section C (5 Marks)
Review and answer the following short scenario with proper reasons:

Haris Malik joined a well known mobile service provider company a couple of years ago.
During this period he hired several employees using different sources of recruitment. In the last
month CEO of the company called Haris and discussed his plans for expansion of their mobile
services in rural areas of KPK. For this, they first needed to build infrastructure in those areas
e.g. Mobile towers. Haris now has to hire a lot of labor force for the construction of those
towers. Haris is confused on what recruitment source he should choose in this case. What do
you think, what recruitment source should he use? Explain Why.
a) Campus Recruitment b) Recruiting Agency
c) Newspaper Advertisement d) Labor Contractor e) Gate Recruitment

Section D (5 marks)
Write short answers for the following
1. Differentiate between job analysis and job description.
2. Write down advantages and disadvantages of external recruitment.
3. List down all internal and external sources of recruitment.
4. What mistakes can an interviewer make during an interview? List any ten.
5. List down different types of interview questions being asked in a job interview.

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