effectiveness of human resources

Question 1

what is corporate culture?

Answer 1

the attitudes, beliefs and expectations of a business

Question 2

what are the different kinds of benchmarking?

Answer 2

informal benchmarking
performance benchmarking
best practice bench marking
balanced scorecard benchmarking

Question 3

what is informal benchmarking?

Answer 3

informal chats at conferences, visits to other business

Question 4

what is performance benchmarking?

Answer 4

comparing performance of an activity with other businesses

Question 5

what is best practice bench marking

Answer 5

comparing with to a best practice business to gain skill and change the bsuiness

Question 6

what is balanced scorecard benchmarking

Answer 6

comparing task against goals set out in strategic plan

Question 7

what is benchmarking?

Answer 7

using industry standards to comare the perfromance of a business

Question 8

what are the causes of staff turnover

Answer 8

external factors attracting staff to leave current employer eg. higher pay, better working conditions
internal factors making employees want to leave employers eg. poor working conditions, unequal opportunities