HRM Flashcards

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  • The trend to opening up foreign markets to international trade and investment
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Globalization

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  • a systematic way of bringing about and managing both organizational changes and changes on the individual level
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Change Management

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  • The knowledge, skills, and capabilities of individuals that have economic value to an organization
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Human Capital

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  • A computerized system that provides current and accurate data for purposes of control and decision making
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HRIS

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5
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  • The process of managing human talent to achieve an organization’s objectives
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HRM

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  • Non-HR managers who are responsible for overseeing the work of other employees
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Line Managers

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  • The responsibility of the firm to act in the best interests of the people and communities affected by its activities
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Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Contracting out work that was formerly done by employees
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Outsourcing

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9
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  • The process of gathering and analyzing data to improve a firm’s human resources management
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Workforce (HR) Analytics

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  • A natural departure of employees from organizations through quits, retirements, and deaths
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Attrition

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  • Systematic monitoring of the major external forces influencing the organization
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Environmental Scanning

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  • A practice whereby new workers are not hired as planned or workers who have left the organization are not replaced
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Hiring Freeze

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  • The process of anticipating and providing for the movement of people into, within, and out of an organization
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HRP (Human Resources Planning)

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  • A method for tracking the pattern of employee movements through various jobs
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Markov Analysis

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  • Key people and groups that have an interest in a firm’s activities and that can either affect them or be affected by them
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Stakeholders

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  • Procedures for making decisions about the organization’s long-term goals and strategies
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Strategic Planning

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  • The process of identifying, developing, and tracking key individuals for executive positions
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Succession Planning

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  • A comparison of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for strategy formulation purposes
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SWOT Analysis