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Bba617 Human Resource Management Question Paper

Bba617 Human Resource Management

Course:Master Of Business Management

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2012

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BBA 617:
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

DATE: THURSDAY 29TH MARCH 2012
TIME: 5.30 P.M. – 8.30 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE (Compulsory) and any other three questions

Question One
1.Young employees are more preferred nowadays than elderly ones by employers for various reasons. Discuss the reasons to this trend. (10 marks)

2.A human resource manager is confronted by a number of ethical issues when
discharging their duties. Explain any 5 (five) key ethical issues.
(10 marks)

3.Briefly discuss the implications of the changes in the profiles of people, technology
and environment on managing people in the organization. (10 marks)

Question Two
Human capital is one of the most important approaches towards management of human
resource today. Explain the interrelationships of the three elements of human capital at an
individual level. (10 marks)

Question Three
Mentoring is as old as ancient Greece. It is one of the key techniques used by company
today in human resource development. Discuss the procedure to follow in order to ensure
successful mentoring highlighting some of the hurdles to successful mentoring. (10 marks)
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Question Four
a)
Though diversity (e.g. gender equality) of workforce is advocated for in both public
and private organizations some employers / industries will always have reservations
to having so many women employees. What are some of the implications of having
so many women employees in single firm?

(6 marks)
b)
Discuss the role of human resource accounting in human resource management.
(4 marks)
Question Five
Emotional intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge about our emotions and
emotions of others to solve the problems in the organization. It determines a manager’s
effectiveness in corporation. Discuss the elements of emotional quotient that the manager
will determine a manager’s ability to solve problems in the organization.
(10 marks)

Questions Six
What are the human resource implications of the demographic time bomb (an increasing age
of the average age of the worker) in the management of human resources.
(10 marks)
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