MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY
REGULAR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
DIPLOMA IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
COURSE CODE: HRD 013
COURSE TITLE: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE
DATE:16TH APRIL 2014 TIME: 2.00PM – 4.30PM
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
SECTION A is compulsory
Answer any three questions in SECTION B
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Please turn over.
1. (a) What is Strategic Human Resource Management (5mks)
(b) Outline the components of a strategy (5mks)
(c) Explain how you would plan a strategy for your company (15mks)
2(a) What is meant by ‘a Strategy’? (3mks)
(b) As a manager, discuss the types of organizational strategy you could adopt at different times in your organization. (12mks)
3. Explain in details what ‘the resource-based model’ of strategic Human Resource Management implies. (15mks)
4. What is the role played by the following in relation to strategic human resource management?
(a) Leadership (5mks)
(b) Workplace learning (5mks)
(c) Comparative human resource management (5mks)
5. (a) Discuss the hierarchy of a strategy (9mks)
(b) Give an explanation in favor of the strategic approach to human resource management (6mks)
6. (a) Discuss the ‘Life- Cycle model’ of Strategic Human Resource Management. (10mks)
(b) Explain the challenges of Strategic Human Resource management (5mks)
