6.3b - HR Flow Flashcards
Advantages of having a HR plan:
- Ensures business has sufficiently skilled workforce to meet objectives
- Helps avoid labour shortages
- Allows business to compete more effectively in market
What are the internal influences on HR plans?
- Production plans (expanding production means more recruitment)
- Changes in production style leading to retraining
What are the external influences on HR plans?
- Employment legislation (ability to dismiss)
- New technology may reduce labour needed
- Labour market trends (ageing population)
Recruitment definition
Identifying and selecting the most suitable candidate in order to meet staffing requirements
Job description definition
Explanation of roles and responsibilities of post advertised
Job specification definition
The qualifications, skills, experience and personal attributes needed for a job
Advantages of internal recruitment:
- Cheaper and quicker
- Already familiar with business
- Workers motivated by opportunity for promotion
Disadvantages of internal recruitment:
- Limits number of potential applicants
- No new ideas
- May cause resentment among candidates not appointed
- Leaves another vacancy
Advantages of external recruitment:
- Wider range of experience
- New ideas
- Wider number of potential applications
Disadvantages of external recruitment:
- Longer process
- More expensive
- Candidate at recruitment may not be representative of what they are like at work
Why would a candidate be rejected at the application form stage?
- Doesn’t meet standards
- Hasn’t completed application to satisfactory standards
Shortlist definition
Small number of suitable applicants that meet the job criteria
What does psychometric testing assess?
The personality fit
What do aptitude tests assess?
How good the candidate is at job tasks
Advantages to a business of training staff:
- Better productivity
- Higher quality
- More flexibility
- Less supervision
- Improved motivation
- Better employee retention
Induction training definition
Introducing new employees to the job
What are the different methods of on-the-job training?
- Demonstration
- Coaching
- Job rotation
- Project
Advantages of on-the-job training:
- Cost-effective
- Productive
- Learn whilst doing
- Training alongside colleagues
Disadvantages of on-the-job training:
- Quality depends on ability of trainer
- Bad habits may be passed on
- Potential disruption to production
What are the different methods of off-the-job training?
- Day release
- Distance learning
- Block release courses
- Sandwich courses
- Sponsored courses
Advantages of off-the-job training:
- Wider range of skills
- Can learn from outside specialists
- More confident employees
Disadvantages of off-the-job training:
- More expensive
- Lost working time
- Employees may leave for better jobs
Redeployment definition
The process of moving existing employees to a different job or different location within the same organisation
Advantages of redeployment:
- Maintain job security
- Improves morale
- Retains skilled workers
- Reduce cost and time associated with recruitment
Redundancy definition
When an employer dismisses an employee because their job no longer exists
How can a business avoid redundancies?
- Natural wastage
- Stop overtime
- Ask people to volunteer for early retirement
- Retraining/redeployment
- Pay freezes
