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Hcb 2213: Employee Sourcing Question Paper
Hcb 2213: Employee Sourcing
Course:Bachelor Of Commerce
Institution: Dedan Kimathi University Of Technology question papers
Exam Year:2012
DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY
OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2012/13 ACADEMIC YEAR
YEAR THREE SEMESTER ONE EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
HCB 2213: EMPLOYEE SOURCING
DATE: 10 TH AUGUST 2012 TIME: 2.00PM – 4.00PM
Instructions: Answer Question One And Any Other Two
1. Answer Question one (Compulsory) and any other Two Questions.
2. Do not write on the Question paper.
QUESTION ONE
Read the case below and answer Question one.
Njoroge, Omondi and Jane are partners Bachelor of Commerce Graduates. They decided to start
a consulting business five years ago upon graduation. Their goal is to provide a wide range of
services including, manufacturing-process engineering, training and recruiting for small and
large organizations. They forecast that there will be an increased use of outsourcing for these
activities .They have discussed with managers in several large organizations the services they
plan to offer and they expressed considerable interest. They have secured funding to start their
business and they are now building the HRM System. Their Human resource planning suggests
that they need to hire five experienced engineers, Three MBAs who between them have
financial, accounting, marketing and human resource management skills. They strive to develop
their human resources in a way that will enable their business to prosper.
a) Identify and explain the job specification components that will be required for purpose of
recruiting the job candidates.
[10 marks]
b) Discuss the selection process that the organization will follow to arrive at the required
number of job candidates. [8marks]
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c) Advice the Company on the criteria it could use to assess the appropriateness of its
procedure or methods in selection [5 marks]
d) Examine some of the factors that employers will take into consideration before engaging
the services of the consulting firm. [7 marks]
QUESTION TWO
a) Citing examples, explain five types of questions for a position of a human resource
officer in Kenya Commercial bank [10 marks]
b) Many public Universities have resulted to employing part-time lecturers as an alternative
to recruitment. Describe both the merits and demerits of part-time employees to an
organization. [10marks]
QUESTION THREE
Skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback are the five core dimensions
of job design – explain and give an example of each one. [20 marks]
QUESTION FOUR
a) Critically evaluate the statement ‘’ Equal employment opportunities have resulted in a
selection process that selects ‘in ‘a candidate rather than selects ‘out ‘applicant.
[12 marks]
b) Explain the significance of human resource information system in the procurement
function in business enterprise in Kenya. [8 marks]
QUESTION FIVE
a) Advise the human resource manager of Kimathi University on the content of orientation
programme of the new employees in the institution. [10 marks]
b) Identify and discuss five critical factors that guide human resource planning in a dynamic
modern organization. [10 marks]
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