HRCI PHR Exam - Topic 2 Question 49 Discussion

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Question #: 49
Topic #: 2

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Sally is an HR employee for her company. She is primarily interested in serving only in an organizational role where she focuses on creating HR policies and procedures. What is the limitation Sally may subject herself to, if she focuses only on the organizational role?

AShe'll only be involved in the organization's strategic planning efforts.

BShe won't be involved in the organization's strategic planning or change efforts.

CHer organizational impact will be limited to identifying problems, creating policy initiatives, and launching HR programs.

DHer organizational impact will be limited to promoting employee performance.

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Suggested Answer: B

HR professionals who restrict themselves to just one quadrant of the HR Impact Model often limit their effectiveness as an HR Professional. In this instance, Sally won't contribute to strategic planning and change efforts.

Answer option A is incorrect. Sally won't be involved in the strategic planning efforts.

Answer option D is incorrect. Sally's focus won't be on employee performance, but on policies. HR Professionals who focus on programs and processes promote employee performance.

Answer option C is incorrect. HR Professionals should also be involved in the programs and processes quadrant of the HR Impact Model to help promote new programs and processes.

by Roslyn at May 09, 2022, 08:56 PM

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Willard

4 months ago

D might be too narrow; promoting performance is just one piece!

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Susana

4 months ago

Wait, can she really avoid strategic planning? That sounds risky!

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Nenita

4 months ago

C is interesting too, but I think B is more accurate.

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Paola

4 months ago

Totally agree with B! Limited involvement is a big drawback.

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Wilford

5 months ago

B seems spot on. She'll miss out on strategic planning.

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Una

5 months ago

I’m a bit confused, but I think if she only creates policies, her impact might be more about implementation than strategy. Could it be option C?

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King

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like if Sally only focuses on policies, she might miss out on the bigger picture of change management. Maybe option B?

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Brice

5 months ago

I remember discussing how focusing solely on organizational roles can limit involvement in strategic planning. I think option B might be the right choice.

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Audry

5 months ago

I practiced a similar question about HR roles last week, and I think the limitation is really about not being part of strategic initiatives. So, I lean towards option B as well.

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Leslie

5 months ago

This looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully analyze the output of those commands to figure out what's going on.

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Kristine

5 months ago

I'm a bit confused by this question. Are the agent size and OS really a factor in sizing the data lake? That seems more like an implementation detail. I'm leaning towards just the retention requirements and Traps agent forensic data as the key considerations.

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Lucina

5 months ago

I remember studying about it, and it seems like queues allow for this type of statelessness. I'd lean towards true, but I might be mixing it up with a different pattern.

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