Human Resource Flow Flashcards

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What are the 3 features of hr flow?

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inflow, internal flow, outflow

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How do organisational needs impact the flow?

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Expanding business wants greater inflows
Business that is cutting back wants greater outflows

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How do individual needs impact the flow?

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More internal flow if workers want promotion

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How does the external environment impact flow?

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Any changes can fluctuate inflows and outflows

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5
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How is recruitment set up?

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job description of what the job entails
person specification to identify ideal candidate

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What is internal recruitment?

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Selecting an employee from within the business via an email, board or staff internet

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benefits?

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cheaper, less disruption to team, incentive to staff, already been assessed

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drawbacks?

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replace promoted member, worker less likely to make drastic criticisms and changes, may upset someone else if they aren’t promoted

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what is external recruitment?

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appointing an individual outside the business

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benefits?

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wide range of talent and ideas

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drawbacks?

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costly, may bring in someone less effective in practice

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Types of job advert

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Newspaper, agencies, trade magazines, job centres, local schools, head hunting, word of mouth

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How might applicants apply?

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application form - shows interest and creates comparable info between candidates
cv- shows personal skills, comparable?

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what is a shortlist?

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list of candiates

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why might a business interview?

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face to face, shows communication skills,
people may get nervous, time consuming, memorise answers

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16
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why might a business use an aptitude test?

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test job specific skills
doesn’t test soft skills

17
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Why might a business use a personality test?

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target a certain personality
theoretical

18
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why might a business use an assessment centre?

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see job relevant skills, test them in one day
only works with hands on jobs

19
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what are some issues with recruitment

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need to give unsuccessful candidate feedback
must follow laws
must be efficient

20
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Why is training good for employees?

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improve and upskill, can help earn promotion

21
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why is training good for a business?

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cheaper for internal promotion, fill a gap, improve productivity

22
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what is the first step in training?

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induction
introduced to a business to make a worker feel comfortable

23
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compare internal and external training

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internal is cheaper but external can use specialists

24
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what is on the job and off the job training

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on the job 1 worker trains another, it is done how the business wants
off the job specialist

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how effective is training?
can be measured to see if productivity increase
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what is redeployment?
moving staff member to different job or location
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why might staff get redeployed?
personal reasons, change skill or fill a vacancy
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benefits
Cheaper than hiring staff or training
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drawback
resistance, change might not always benefit
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what is redundancy
employee is dismissed because their job no longer exists
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what can cause redundancy
technology, cost cutting, liqudiation
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how can you avoid redundancy?
better budgeting, train, redeploy, cut costs elsewhere
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the process
identify, consult, negotiate, consider redeploy, redundant
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issues
pay packages expensive if long term worker