2.5 Flashcards
Recruitment order:
- Vacancy analysis (Recruitment)
- Create recruitment documents (Recruitment)
- Advertise vacancy (Recruitment)
- Application (Recruitment)
- Short listing (Recruitment+Selection)
- Interview (Recruitment+Selection)
- Appointment (Recruitment)
Psychometric testing -
Personality profiling
Ability and Aptitude tests -
Verbal, numerical, mechanical ability
Presentations -
Topic and given a time-frame to deliver.
Group exercises -
Topic or a role-play exercise
Assessment centres -
Testing candidate based on requirements of the job.
Job description:
A document that explains all of the duties and responsibilities for the position
- Job title
- Summary of key responsibilities
- Who they report to
- Salary pay
- Hours
- Detailed description of the role
Person specification:
A document that describes the key skills and qualifications needed for the vacancy
- Education and qualifications
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Personal skills
- ICT
Job enrichment:
An attempt to give employees greater responsibility and recognition by extending their job. Employees are given control
Advantages:
Motivated worker to work at their best
Workers find the job meaningful
Workers get achievement and recognition
Disadvantages:
Doesn’t give expected results
Workers consent not taken before implementing it
Job enlargement:
Giving employees more work to do of a similar nature.
Advtanges:
Redused monotony (lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine.)
Utilisation of skills
Good quality and efficient
Disadvantages:
Costly
Productivity fall in the short run
Jobs get boring even after enlargement
Job rotation:
Where a business will change the employees job or tasks from time to time.
Jargon -
Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
Hierarchical structure-
An organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity. This arrangement is a form of a hierarchy.
Flat structure-
An organization structure with few or no levels of management between management and staff level employees. The flat organization supervises employees less while promoting their increased involvement in the decision-making process.
Centralised-
Concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
Decentralised-
The movement of departments of a large organization away from a single administrative centre to other locations.
