Chp 9 Flashcards
Describes the skills, abilities and qualifications require for a job
Job specification
The evaluation of the duties required by a particular job and skills required to perform it is referred to as
Job analysis
Money paid for time worked
Wages
Special payments such as a certain dollar amount of goods per year and paid above an employees salary, are referred to as
Bonuses
Links salary increases to performance levels
Merit salary systems
Employer paid time off for holidays and vacations, health, life and disability insurance to workers and counseling services for employees are exps of
Benefits
Legally mandated nondiscrimination on the basis of race creed, sex or national origin
Equal employment opportunity
Activities directed at attracting, developing, maintaining an effective workplace
Human Resource Management
Are critical for effective organizational functioning
Human resources
Increase legal complexities
recognition of the value of HR in improving productivity
Awareness of the costs associated with poor HRM
Growth in importance for HRM
Lists of duties and responsibilities of a Job
Tells you what is the Job
Job description
Tells you what are the skills needed for the job
Job specification
Needs to forecast both internal and external supply of employees
Forecasting HR demand and supply
Number/type of people who will be in the format of a future event
Forecasting internal supply
Key employees only
Back up/contingency plan employees that are set to coach ones that will be promote if CEO died
Replacement charts
All employees
A database that has all the skills, programs that employees have that doesn’t involve their job
Often stored in a information system
Employee skills inventory
Both involves promoting
Replacement charts and employee skills inventory
Number/type of people who will be available of hiring from labor market at large
Forecasting external supply
Not replacing employees who quit
Attrition
Firing you for cause
Because you did something wrong
Termination
Promotions from within
Internal recruiting
Changing your job but with the same skills
Lateral Move
Considering present employees as candidates for openings
Internal Recruiting
Seeking new hires
Retraining and transferring present employees
Installing more productive system
Alleviating Shortfalls
Attrition
Encouraging early retirement
Laying off personnel
Termination
Managing overstaffing
Closed position
Laying off personnel
Attracting people outside of the organization to apply for jobs
Employment agencies
External recruiting
A company that recruites jobs for other companies
Employment agencies
A advertisement that advertises the job but doesn’t say the companies name
Blind advertisements
If a ad says their hiring a fashion designer but doesn’t say for who is exp of
Blind advertisements
A advertisement that advertises the job and mentions the company
Open advertisement
A job ad that says Calvin Klein hiring a accountant is exp of
Open advertisement
Why do companies use a blind ad?
So it won’t let the person who has the job to know your hiring someone else to take their position
Drug tests
Physical examinations
Drug tests
Polygraph tests are all…
Selecting human Resources Techniques
Legal document with your signature
Asks applicant for information such as background, experience and education
Application
Selection technique most Likely to introduce bias(meaning judging)
Interviews
When are tests illegal?
When the tests don’t measure the ability of what the job is
Why do companies drug test?
Because people who do drugs cost more money on health insurance
Occurs while the employee is at his or her place of work
On the job training
Controlled environment
Off the job training
Offers and allows for focused study without interruption
Controlled environment
A type of realistic training in a stimulated off the job environment
A formal off the job training
Vestibule training
Pilot training
Flight attended
And bus drive training is exp of
Vestibule training
Begins with the defining of performance standards (a review of employee)
Performance Appraisal
When legally performance appraisal begin?
When meseaurable standards are defined
A consultant gets paid for a project done but if they don’t get a project done they don’t get the money is exp of
Wages
You get money paid the same amount regardless of how many hours you get
Salary
Type of salary increase
COLA
What does COLA stand for
Cost Of Living Adjustment
Employers offer a raise of 2% for just being a human being
COLA
What’s the problem of COLA?
Everyone doesn’t deserve the same amount of money
Special pay programs designed to motivate high performance
Incentive programs
Based on how hard you work
Merit salary systems
Free Stock
Incentive pay for distributing bonuses to employees when company profits rise above a certain level
Profit sharing plans
Mandatory (required by law)
Benefit programs
Social security and retirement benefits
Workers compensation insurance
Discretionary (optional)
Health, life and disability insurance
Vacation and holidays
Employee assistance programs
Retirement (pension plans) 401K
What is cafeteria benefit plans?
Allows you to pick and choose what benefits you would want based cafeteria plan
What are the pros for the employee using a cafeteria benefit plan?
They get to choose which benefits they want to get
What are the cons for the employer using cafeteria benefit plan?
It can be expensive because all these different people are on different plans
What do employee assistance programs do?
It helps you be a more productive employee
If you have depression the company will offer you a counselor this is exp of
Employee assistance programs
What does EAP stand for
Employee Assistance Programs
Name the employee assistance programs employers might offer
Counseling Child care Senior care Legal services Health lifestyles Pet care Financial services
What does EEO stand for
Equal employment opportunity laws
Protect workers from unfair or inappropriate discrimination in workplace
EEO
Federal policy about employment discrimination
EEOC
Individuals sharing common characteristics as defined by law
Race,color, religion, gender, age, disability and status s. military veteran
Protected classes in the workplace EEOC
Federal agency that enforces discrimination related law
Agency that overseas the law
EEOC
The law itself
EEOP
What does stand for EEOC?
Equal employment opportunity commission
Workplaces must be safe must not be hazards
OSHA
Covers pregnancy, cancer, mental impairments
Depression, physical disabilities
ADA
Sexual favors are requested in return for job related benefits
Quid pro quo
Equal employment opportunity is legally mandated nondiscrimination
EEOC
Workplace truanted by off-color jokes, lewd comments or actions decorate the work environment with inappropriate photographs may create a hostile work environment for a female
Hostal work environment
You can quit your job anytime and employer can fire you at anytime without telling you why
Employment at will
