Chapter Four – The Human Resource Management Function – Factors Involved Flashcards
Human recourse management
Human resource management:, in its simplest terms, is defined as the effective management of the formal relationship between the employer and employees.
Employer of choice
An employer of choice: attracts, motivates and holds on to highly talented workers.
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.
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.
Conditions of employment
Refer to what an employer has agreed to give the employee in return for the employees work
Flexible working conditions
Flexible working conditions: are conditions that allow employees to balance work and family responsibilities more effectively.
Work-life balance
Work−life balance: is about achieving the right amount of time for work and for personal or family life.
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.
Job security
Job security: is the belief that the employee will not lose their job.
Motivation
Motivation: refers to the individual, internal process that directs, energises and sustains a person’s behaviour.
Need
A need: is a personal requirement.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
Hierarchy of needs: is Maslow’s sequence of human needs in the order of their importance.
Herzberg’s motivation- hygiene theory
Motivation–hygiene theory: is the idea that satisfaction and dissatisfaction are caused by separate sets of factors.
Locke’s goal setting theory
According to Locke’s theory, employees are motivated to achieve goals they have helped to set. The goals should be clear and specific, challenging but not so overwhelming that they are impossible to achieve. Constant feedback on progress and recognition for the effort being made is vital.
Social responsibility
the obligations a business has over and above its legal responsibilities to the wellbeing of employees and customers, shareholders and the community as well as the environment
