Human resource managemet - BM3CHAP2 Flashcards

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Human resource management

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maintenance of the formal relationship between employees and their employer.

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A Human Resource Manager is the coordinator of the:

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Recruiting
Developing
Holding on to; and
Termination of
a business’ employees.

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hrresponsible for

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maintaining employee motivation and getting the most out of its staff’s talents

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HR Management and Business Objectives

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motivating emp to reach their potential will get the most out of them - increased productivity

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Increased productivity

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when more goods and services can be produced without having to increase the amount of paid hours worked by employees

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masow hierarchy of needs

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  • believed all indiv exist in hierarchy of 5 needs
  • each need acts as a motivator while it goes unsatisfied
    -needs at 1 level must be satisfied before moving on
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why is maslow important:

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bc its suggested that bus have to create workplaces that r trying to satisfy all needs, its not enough to just motivate through pay rises or job security

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hirarchy (low to high)

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  1. physiological:need for air food water health - satisfactory pay for survival

2.safety: need for safety shelter stability - safe work conditions n job secuirity

3.social:need for love belonging inclusion - teamwork, involvment in decision making, spportive management

4.esteem:self esteem,power,control - responsibility, promotion,recognition

  1. self actualisation: need for development,creativity growth - creative interesting jobs, opportunities for advancement
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adv and dis of hierarchy

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adv: allows managment to develop understanding of all specific indiv needs

dis: its only a theory, not backed up by evidence, may not apply to all indiv

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Goal setting theory (locke and latham)

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-states that emp r motivated by working towards clear goals, recieving apprpriate feedbacck, bing recognised for efforts

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princples of goal setting:

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clarity: goals should be specfic,measurable,have due date

challenge: tasks should be highly valued by management n challenging enough to extend the employees

commitment: empl will be more committed to achieving goal if they have some say in what the goal is

feedback: encourages to keep up their effort, time to make any changes they might need to

task complexity: tackling multiple complex tasks - challenging not overwhelming

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adv and dis of goals etting

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adv; staff will perform at higher standard due to clear and specific goals - increased productivity

dis: setting vague goals can lead to poor performance as they r not challenging enough

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4 drive theory (lawrence and nohria)

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  • provided an interpretation of human behaviour that shapes the way we think and behave
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drive to…

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acquire: material things like money and immaterial things like achievement, recognition

bond: empl desire to feel they belong

learn: empl r curious and want to learn and be challenged mentally, r looking for new experiences

defend: empl want trust in their management, n do not want any insecurities in the workplace

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dis and adv of 4 drive

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adv: adaptable to complicated situations

dis: otherdrives may exist, these those explain all chactersitics of motiv

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motivation strategies -performance related pay

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financial reward to empl whos work has reached a goal

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performance relared pay includes

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Pay Increases - a rise in the hourly wage or weekly salary

Bonuses - a one-off payment

Commission - an amount paid per sale made

Share Plan - a registered business can offer shares in itself

Profit Sharing - offering a percentage of its profits

Gainsharing - if an employee’s suggestions help save on costs, they can receive some of the savings

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adv and dis of performance related pay

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adv:provides financial reward to emp directly related to improved performances

dis: may not be affordable

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motivation strat - Career advancement:

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when an employee is promoted more responsibility, usually with added benefits such as increased salary

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adv and dis of career advancement

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adv: promoted emp will feel that they can contributemroe to the bus, increasing productivity

dis:can cause resentment among other emp who feel like they deserve it more

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motivational strat - Investment in training is

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the investment of both money and time in upskilling employees.

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benefits

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  • more skilled emp is, more productive n efficient their work will be,helping reach obj
  • more qualified they will become
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dis and adv of training

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adv: increases confidence

dis: cost of training may not be affordable

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motivation strat-support strat

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any services provided by the business to help employees cope with difficulties that may impede their work performance. E.g. counselling and mentoring

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Benefits of support start

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  • Motivates employees to do better, and try harder
  • Increases loyalty to the business, resulting in less employee turnover
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adv and dis of support strat

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adv: forms of motivation such as encouragement can be provided with little to no costs

dis: may become to depended on support services

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motivation strat - sanctions

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forms of penalties or disciplines imposed on an employee for poor performance.

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Sanctions can range from:

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Verbal warnings
Reassignment of duties
Demotion or a reduction in salary
Termination

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adv and dis of sanctions

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adv: may quickly stop inappropriate behaviour

dis: may cause resentment in empl between management and staff

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Training

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process of teaching staff how to do their job more efficiently and effectively by boosting their knowledge and skills.

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train benef for empl and bus

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beefits for emp: improved job satisfaction through better job performance

benefits for bus: goals r more effectivly met

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on the job training

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When employees learn a specific set of skills to perform particular tasks within their workplace

using equiptment, machinery, and documents found in the workplace while they r actually performing their job duties

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on the job train adv and dis

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adv: cost effective
dis: not everyone has ability to teach effectivly

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off the job training

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When employees need to go ‘off-site’ in order to learn skills
sending emp to particular training intitutions outside their workplace - broader experience

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off the job training adv and dis

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adv: can provide broader experiences

dis: more expensive

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Perfromance management:

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relating of the bus performance objec to the emp performance obj

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performance strat includes

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-man by obj
-appraisal
-emp self evaluation
-emp observation

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manag by obj:

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man and emp agree on a set og goals for each emp which contributes to whole bus obj

setting clear obj, negotiating goals, monitoring progress, feedback, appraisal

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adv and dis of management by obj

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adv: choosin course of action to be followed to achieve goals, results in more productivity

dis: time consuming

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performance appraisal:

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formal assessment of how well an employee is performing in their role over a set period of time

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methods of appraisal

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1.essay method - type of journal the manager keeps on each emp

2.criticle incidient method: like essay method, but only in times of exceptionally gd or bad work peformance

3.comparison method:criteria is predetermined, n then every emp is evaluated and ranked accordingly

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after appraisal:

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results discussed asap

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adv andds of appraisal

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adv: feedback helps emp improve their performance

dis: emp may expect pay rise, expensive for bus

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emp self evaluation

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process of emp carrying out their own assessment of themselves based on a set of agreed criteria

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adv and dis of emp self eval

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adv: allows emp to assess their own contribution to te bus

dis: may be bias towards themselves

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emp observation

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uses feedback taken from variety of diff parties n opportunities in order to create a complete pic of past and current performance

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adv and dis of emp observation

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adv: broad range of observation on an empl from variety of diff sources

dis: staff may feel stress tha they are being observed

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voluntary:

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1.retirement - voluntarily leaves workplace and workforce
2. resignation - ‘quitting’ voluntarily
3.redundancy - when job no longer exists, emp nominate themselves to be made redundant (annual leave, long service leave

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involunatary:

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  1. dismissal - when behaviour of an emp is unnacceptable which leads to termination
  2. redundancy-when an emp is asked to leave bus againts their will
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entitlement considerations:

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entitlements owed to them (wage salary, annual leave,long service leave)

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transition conciderations:

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supports that a bus can provide to its emp when thy r changing from one job to anoter

(outplacement services
job training,career coaching,referencing, resumes,councelling)

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workplace relations:

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interaction between empoyers and employees to achieve set of working condiotns

(conditions: level of pay, working hours,duties,entitlements)

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work plaec relations - participants

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1.human recource man
2.emp
3.emp associations
4.unions
5. fair work commison

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workplace relation - employers

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smaller bus, workplace relation issues r handled by the bus owner, in larger, this comes under domain of HR manager

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workplcase relation - employees

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  • negotiares endiv emp conditions directly with emplo
    -may need to vote on a new agreement that has been negitiated on behalf of all emp by representetives orgunsation
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workplace relation - HR managers

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negotiates emp agrement with employees, train managers to put agreements into place, deal with disputes,implement agrement

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workplace reations - unions

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formed by emp in an industry, representin all its members in their efforts to improve wages + working conditions. also acts as representitive for members in dispute with emp

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workplace relations - employee associations

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unions for mployers, created in response to its employees unionizing, represent n assist employers n provde info about legislativ changes they need to abide

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award:

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legally binding doc determined by FWC that sets out minimum wages n conditions for whole industries or occupations

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adv and dis of award

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adv: less costly for bus

dis: less felxibility,cant be customised to needs of workplace

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enterprise agreement:

enterprise agreement usually

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agreement on pay n conditionns of work,negotiation between groups of empl and employers

-have expirey dates

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adv and dis of enterprise agreement

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adv: emp need to be better off overall in the agreement compared to relevant award

dis: time consuming to negotiate, must go through approva; process

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dispute resolution

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1.listening to staff

2.negotiatiating - resolving disputes whereby discussions between parties result in agreement of dispute - least formal

3.mediation: discussing issues in a non threatening env,with neautral third party present, encourages parties to come up with shared reso

  1. conciliation:plays a more active role

5.arbitration: involves independent third party like FWC hearingboth arguments then making decision in favour of one or other -formal

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adv of mediation

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adv:cost effective as it occurs in less formal setting

dis: not legally binding

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adv n dis of arbitration

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adv: legally bidning
dis: reduced control of outcome

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why would anyone volunteer for redundancy:

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doing so provides added benefits

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FWC:

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resp for setting industry awards and working conditoins n approves enterprise agreememnts made between empl+emplyers

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emp associationsz;

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like unions for employers- created in response to employees unionizing, povide empl info on lesgislative changes that that they need to abide