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Cam 102: Human Resource Management. Question Paper
Cam 102: Human Resource Management.
Course:Bachelor Of Commerce
Institution: Kca University question papers
Exam Year:2009
1
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2008/2009
FIRST YEAR STAGE III EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
CAM 102: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
DATE: APRIL 2009 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
OUESTION ONE
MRM, a steel company, has told would be graduate trainees that they must apply for its scheme via
the internet. They must send their details over the net, and then pass a telephone interview before
attending a two day conference. To use pen and paper they must have a very good excuse, such as
disability or lack of computer access.
Corrugated Steel commissioned Access Kenya, a software company, a year ago to produce a tailor
made program. Now it is interviewing the first applicants for its 2009 intake, who have applied via the
web.
Many companies have electronic application forms, which applicants can down load, but MRM
believes it’s the first to process application on line.
The steel company has been approached by Kenya Revenue Authority and Kenya Commercial Bank
who also run the graduate trainee program to hear about this system. Other companies are likely to
follow suit.
‘We have been invited to speak at a number of seminars about it already, because we are the first
company to take this fully interactive approach,’ said Anil Shah the human resource director of MRM.
MRM said it was happy with the scheme. ‘A lot of youngsters have said they have applied to us
because it was such an innovative idea,’ He said.
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a) Discuss the possible reasons why MRM may have decided to restrict the graduate trainee
applicants to apply via the net. (12 Marks)
b) This approach is likely to be dependent or contingent on several factors. Discuss some of the
factors that may hinder the success of this approach to recruitment. (8 Marks)
c) Briefly discuss the benefits of human resource planning for the newly chartered Institutions of
higher learning such as the Kabarak, Masinde Muliro, KCA, and Mount Kenya Universities
among others. (10 Marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Provide a comprehensive definition of performance related pay by giving relevant example?
(4 Marks)
b) Discuss eight possible reasons for introducing performance related pay in the organization
(16 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
The health and safety of an employee should be of paramount importance to every organization.
Discuss the legal provisions in the factory‘s Act 1984 concerning an employee’s health. (20 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
Management development is a conscious and systematic process to control the development of
managerial resources in the organization for the achievement of goals and strategies.
a) Briefly discuss Any Five consequences of organizations failing to undertake management
development. (10 Marks)
b) Discuss five major reasons for developing managers. (10 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
Human resource management functions are broadly classified into two. Briefly mention the two
broad classifications and discuss each of the two classifications in details citing relevant examples.
(20 Marks)
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