Chapter 12 - Human Resource Management Flashcards
What are the steps in human resource planning
1) Preparing a human resource inventory of the organizations employees
2) Preparing a job analysis
3) Assessing future demand
4) Assessing future supply
5) Establishing a strategic plan for recruitment, selection, ,training and development, evaluation, compensation, scheduling, and career management for the labour force
Contingent workers
workers who do not have full-time employment.
Selecting Employees Who Will Be Productive
Obtain complete application forms Conduct initial and follow-up interviews Give employment tests Conduct background investigation Establish trial (probationary) periods Contingent workers: workers who do not have full-time employment.
Management development
the process of training and educating employees to become good managers and then monitoring the progress of their management skills over time
Most management training programs include several of the following:
on-the job coaching
understudy positions
job rotation
off-the-job courses and training
Pay equity
equal pay for work of equal value.
Gender wage gap
the difference between wages earned by men and wages earned by women.
Pay systems
systems that compensate employees fairly.
Compensating teams
; compensating the team as a whole as well as the employees as individuals.
Fringe benefits
benefits such as sick-leave pay, vacation pay, pension plans, and health plans that represent additional compensation to employees beyond base wages.
Some laws that affect HRM are;
employment equity, laws that protect the disabled and laws that protect older employees.
The five steps in selecting employees are :
obtaining applications, conducting initial and follow-up interviews, completing screening tests, conducting background investigations, and establishing a trial (probationary) period of employment.
