Chapter 1 Flashcards
Firm’s corporate image or culture created to attract & retain the type of employees the firm is seeking
Employer Branding
Utilization of individuals to achieve organizational objectives
HRM - Human Resource Management
Process through which an organization ensures that is always has the proper number of employees with the appropriate skills in the right jobs, at the right time, to achieve organizational objectives
Staffing
Major HRM function consisting not only of training & development but also of individual career planning & development activities, organization development, & performance management & appraisal.
HRD - Human Resource Development
Factors outside an organization’s boundaries that affect a firm’s human resource makeup
external environmant
Employees who have joined together for the purpose of dealing with their employer.
union
Owners of a corporation
shareholders
Any organized approach for obtaining relevant & timely information on which to base human resource decisions.
HRIS - human resource information system
System of shared values, beliefs, & habits within an organization that interacts with the formal structure to produce behavioral norms.
corporate culture
Individual who normally acts in an advisory or staff capacity, working with other managers to help them deal with human resource matters.
Human resource manager
Process of hiring external HR professionals to do the HR work that was previously done internally
HR outsource
A center that takes routine, transaction-based activities dispersed throughout the organization & consolidates them in one place.
SSC - shared service center
A company that leases employees to other businesses
PEO professional employer organization
Individuals directly involved in accomplishing the primary purpose of the organization
line managers
A top-level manager who reports directly to a corporation’s chief executive officer or to the head of a major division
executive
