Chapter Four - The HR Management Function Flashcards
What is Human Resource Management?
Human resource management, in its simplest terms, is defined as the effective management of the formal relationship between employer and employees.
What is a Human Resource Manager?
A human resource manager coordinates all the activities involved in acquiring, developing, maintaining and terminating employees from an organisation’s human resource.
What is an Employer of Choice?
An employer of choice attracts, motivates and holds on to highly talented workers.
What is Industrial Democracy or Empowerment?
Industrial Democracy or Empowerment is the move towards increasing the influence of employees in decisions affecting their organisation and their jobs.
What is Diversity?
Diversity refers to the differences between employees in an organisation, encompassing characteristics such as race, gender, ethnic group, age, disability, sexual orientation, the terms of employment, personality and education.
What is Conditions of Employment?
Conditions of employment refer to what an employer has agreed to give the employee in return for the employee’s work.
What are Flexible Working Conditions?
Flexible working conditions are conditions that allow employees to balance work and family responsibilities more effectively.
What is Work-Life Balance?
Work-life balance is about achieving the right amount of time for work and for personal or family life.
What is Occupational Health and Safety?
Occupational health and safety refers to the responsibility the employer has to ensure the workplace is safe for employees and that steps are taken to minimise harm.
What is Job Security?
Job security is the belief that the employee will not lose their job.
What is Motivation?
Motivation refers to the individual, internal process that directs, energises and sustains a person’s behaviour.
What is Need?
A need is a personal requirement.
What is the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory?
Hierarchy of needs is Maslow’s sequence of human needs in the order of their importance.
What is Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory?
Motivation-hygiene theory is the idea that satisfaction and dissatisfaction are caused by separate sets of factors.
What is the Locke’s Goal Setting Theory?
According to Locke’s theory, employees are motivated to achieve goals they have set and this can lead to better performance. The goals must be clear and specific, challenging but not overwhelming. Constant feedback on progress and recognition for the effort being made is vital.
