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Chapter 9 Flashcards

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All activities involved in acquiring maintaining and developing an organizations human resources

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Human resources management

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All activities involved in acquiring maintaining and developing an organizations human resources

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HRM

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Three phases of HRM

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Acquiring
Maintaining
Developing human resources

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3
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The development of strategies to meet a firms future ham resources needs

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Human resources planing

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4
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A lot of key personnel and their possible replacements within a firm

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Replacement chart

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A computerized data bank containing information about the skills and experience of all present employees

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Skills inventory

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6
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Differences among people in a workplace owing to race ethnicity and gender

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Cultural diversity

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7
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A systematic procedure for studying jobs to determine their various elements and requirements

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Jon analysis

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A list of the elements that make up a particular job

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Job description

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A list of the qualifications required to preform a particular job

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Job specification

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10
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The process of attracting qualified job applicants

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Recruiting

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The attempt to attract job applicants from outside an organization

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External recruiting

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12
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Considering present employees as applicants for available positions

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Internal recruiting

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The process of gathering information about applicants then using that information to choose the most appropriate applicant

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Selection

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14
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The process of acquainting new employees with an organization

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Orientation

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The payment employees recover in return for their labor

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Compensation

16
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The policies and strategies that determine employee compensation.

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Compensation system

17
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A collection of data on prevailing wage rates within an industry or a geographic area

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Wage survey

18
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The process of determining the relative worth of various jobs within a firm

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Job evaluation

19
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A concept that seeks equal compensation for jobs requiring about the same level of education training and skills

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Comparable worth

20
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A specific amount of money paid for each hour of work

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Hourly wage

21
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A specific amount of money paid for an employees work during a set calendar period, regardless of the actual number of hours worked

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Salary

22
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A payment that is a percentage of sales revenue

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Commission

23
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A payment in addition to wages salary, or commissions

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Incentive payment

24
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An entire pay raise taken in one lump sum

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Lump-sum salary increase

25
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The distribution of a percentage of a firms profit amount its employees

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Profit sharing

26
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A reward in attrition to regular compensation that is provided indirectly to employees

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Employee benefit

27
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Compensation plan in whereby an employee receives a predetermined amount of benefits he or she has selected to meet individual needs

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Flexible benefit plan

28
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The process of teaching operations and technical employees how to do their present jobs more effectively and efficiently

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Employee training

29
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The process of preparing managers and other professionals to assume increased responsibility in both present and future positions

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Management development

30
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The evaluation of employees current and potential levels of performance to allow managers to make objective human resources decisions

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Performance appraisal

31
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Five steps to the acquisition phase of HRM

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HR planning
Job analysis 
Recruiting 
Selection 
Orientation
32
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Three parts to maintaining HR

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Employee relations
Compensation
Benefits

33
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Developing human resources

2 parts

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Training and development

Performance appraisal

34
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In general HRM is a shared responsibility of

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Line managers

And staff HRM specialists

35
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Planning and job analysis are carried out by

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Staff specialists

36
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Orientation programs are devised by

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Staff specialists and line managers

37
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Training And development are the joint responsibility of

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Line and staff managers

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