Given the environment in which organizations must function today, which of the following statements about human resource management (HRM) is FALSE? a. HRM oversees the firm's strategic investment in attracting, retaining, and motivating an effective workforce.
b. HRM should have an important place because of the complex legal environment.
c. HRM should be a part of the strategic planning process.
d. HRM should be left to line managers because they know their people best.
e. HRM should be viewed as a means of significantly increasing productivity.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?