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2.1 Functions and evolution of human resources Managment Flashcards

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Human resource managment

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Strategic approach to effective managment of organization workers so that they help to achieve the business´s objectives, and gain a competitive advantage

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Worforce planning (Human resource)

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Analysing and forecasting the number of workers and their skills, that will be required to achieve business objectives

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Workforce plan (Human resource)

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Number of workers and skills required over a future time period

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Workforce audit or apprisal

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A check on the skill and qualifications of existing employees. It includes the job description(soft skill) and the person’s specification(hard skills)

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Labour turnover

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Measures the rate at which employees are leaving an organization. Formula: (number of employees leaving in 1 year/average number of employees) x 100

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Occupational mobility of labour

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Extent in to which workers are willing and able to move to different jobs requiring different skills

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Geographical mobility of labour

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Extent to which workers are willing and able to move geographical region to take up new jobs

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Recruitment

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Process of identifying the need for new employees, defining the job to be done, type of person needed, attracting suitable candidates for the job and selecting the best one

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Job description

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Detailed list of the key point about the job to be filled, states all the key tasks and responsibilities. It is a soft skill

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Person specification

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Detailed list of qualities skills and qualifications that applicants need to have. It is a hard skill

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Training

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Work-related education to increase the workforce skills and efficiency

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On the job training

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Instruction ath the place of work on how the job should be carried out

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Off the job training

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All training taken away from the business by other profesionals (work related college courses)

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Induction training

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Is the first trainig you recieve. Introductory training to familiarise new recruits with the organization system and layout of the site.(on the job training)

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Cognitive trainig

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Exercises designed to improe a person´s ability to understand and learn information.

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Behavioural skills trainig

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Designed to improve an individuals hability to communicate and interact with others both inside and out of the organization

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Employee apprisal

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Process of assesing the effectiveness of an employee judged against presented objectives

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Contract of employement

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Legal document that sets out the terms and conditions governing a workers job

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Fair Dismissal

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Being removed from a job due to incompetence or breach of dicipline

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Unfair Dismisal

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Ending worjer’s contract for a reason that the law regards as unfair

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Redundancy

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When a job is no longer required so the emplouee doing this job becomes redundant through no fault of their own

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Teleworking

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Staff working from home but keeping contact with the organizations by means of IT communications

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Portfolio working

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Working patter of following severla simultaneous employements at any time

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Redundancy payment

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In Ecuador they have to pay you 10% of your salary times the years you have worked for the oganization

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Outsourcing

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Using another business(3rd party) to undertake a part of the production process, rather than doing it within the business

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Flexi-time contract

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Employement contract that allows staff to be called in at times most convenient to empoyers and employees

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Temporary employement contract

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Lasts for a fixed time period

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Part-time employement contract

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Contract for less than the norml fully working week

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Offshoring

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Relocation of a business process done in one country to the same or another company in another country

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Re-shoring

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Reversal of offshoring. Transfer of a business process or operation back to country of origin

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Hard HRM

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An approach to managing staff that focuses on cutting costs. (part time contracts, minimum trainig costs, etc.)

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Soft HRM

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Approach to managing stadd that focuses on developing staff to reach self-fulfillment(motivation to work hard and stay in the business)

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Full time job

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Under ecuadorian legisltion people work 20 days a month 8 hours a day 7 days a week

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Productivity

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Getting the job done within a time frame and taking account the quality too.

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Headcount

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Number of people employeed

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Headhunt

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Searching employees from other organizations

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Compensation

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Money company pays to the employees

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Benefits

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Compensations aditional to salary(can also be things)

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Incentives

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Offering some sorth of thing to achieve an objective

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Hard skills

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Teachable abilities or skills tht are easy to be quatifiable.(foreign languages, certiifcates, etc)

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Soft skills

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People skills or interpersonal skills(adaptability, leadership, etc)

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War for talent

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Fight to se who has more skills for a position

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Internal recruitment

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Promotion within the company

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External recruitment

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Promotions and job offerings outside the organization you work for

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Budget

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Is a tool that helps with the financial plan for the future

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Bench marking

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Copy a product/service and then change it to improve it

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What do you need to check for a job contract?

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  • Schedule (how long/extra hours)
  • Salary
  • Job functions (job to be done)
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What are some training disadvantages?

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  • Very expensive
  • Once trained employees can leave
  • Work time is lost
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90° appraisal

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  • most basic form of performance appraisal.

* Under this method, the employee receives feedback from his / her manager / supervisor.

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180° appraisal

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Considers the self-assessment of the employee being appraised.

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360° appraisal

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Employers evaluate employee performance from as many sources as possible, instead of only one-on-one feedback from a direct manager.

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What is the formula for productivity rate?

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Total output/number of employees

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