Chapter 12: Management of Human Resources Flashcards
Human Resources Management
Management of all aspects of human resources from recruitment through termination. Involves an integrative process of recruiting, selecting, training, developing, compensating, supervising, and maintaining the workforce needed to achieve an organization’s goals.
Scientific Management
Theory developed by Frederick W. Taylor in the early 1900’s emphasizing the systematic approach for improving worker efficiency by using performance standards and time studies.
Human Resources Planning
Process of making provision for the movement of people into, within, and out of an organization. The objective is to use people as effectively as possible and to have available the required number of people with qualifications for positions when openings occur.
Skills Inventories
Information on each employee’s education, skills, experience, and career aspirations.
Staffing Tables
Pictorial representations of all jobs with the number of employees in those jobs and future employment requirements.
Job Analysis
Process of obtaining information about jobs by determining the duties and tasks or activities of those jobs.
Job Description
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities of a job, the job’s working conditions, and the tools, materials, and equipment used to perform it. Most job descriptions include at least three sections: job title, identification, and duties.
Job Title
Indication of level in the organization and degree of authority the job possesses.
Job Identification
Such information as location of job, to whom the employee reports, and often the number of employees in the department and the Directory of Occupations code number.
Job Duties
Statements that usually are arranged in order of importance that should indicate the weight or value of each job.
Job Specification
List of abilities, skills, and other credentials needed to do the job.
Performance Standards
Desired results at a definite level of quality for a specified job.
Performance
Degree of accomplishment of tasks that make up an individual’s job.
Job Design
Concerned with structuring jobs to improve the efficiency of organization efficiency and job satisfaction.
Job
Set of tasks to be performed by a given employee.
Job Enlargement
Increase in the total number of tasks employees perform.
Job Enrichment
Increase in opportunities for responsibility, achievement, growth, and recognition.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Policy of equal employment (nondiscrimination) for all.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
Quality or attribute protected under discrimination laws that employer may specify as a job qualification.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Federally appointed organization that makes equal employment policy, enforces employment provisions of civil rights legislation, and rules on discrimination charges that are filed with the EEOC.
Discrimination
Prejudice or unfair treatment of individuals or groups based on certain characteristics.
Seniority
Length of employment at a particular institution.
Sexual Harassment
Form of gender discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Affirmative Action
Employers are required to analyze their workforce and develop a plan of action to correct areas of past discrimination.
Diversity
Demographic differences in individuals.
Recruitment
Process of locating and encouraging potential applicants to apply for a job opening.
Effective Diversity Management Involves:
- Pursuing an inclusive culture
- Creating a supportive culture
- Valuing individuals and their needs and contributions
- Encouraging the continued development of a diverse workforce.
Recruitment
Process of locating and encouraging potential applicants to apply for a job.
Selection
Process of comparing applicant knowledge, skills, and abilities to those required of a position and choosing applicant most qualified.
Reliability
Ability to produce consistent results.
Validity
Ability to produce accurate results.
Cognitive Aptitude Tests
Determine general reasoning ability, memory, vocabulary, verbal fluency, and numerical ability.
Psychomotor Ability Tests
Determine a candidate’s strength, coordination, and dexterity.
Job-Knowledge Tests
Measure a candidate’s knowledge of duties of the job.
Work-Sample Tests
Require a candidate to perform a task or set of tasks required in the job.
Vocational Interest Tests
Indicate areas a candidate is most interested in and thus areas that will provide greatest job satisfaction.
Personality Tests
Measure self-reported traits, temperament, or disposition.
Genetic Tests
Identify predisposition to inherited diseases.
Graphoanalysis
Identifies personal traits based on how individuals write.
Polygraph Tests
Used to confirm or refute information provided on the application form.
Structured Interview
Interviewer asks same specific questions of all interviewees.
Situational Interview Questions
Questions that ask what behaviors an interviewee would display in a hypothetical situation.
Behavioral Interview Questions
Questions that encourage description of behaviors an interviewee would display in a hypothetical situation.