Human Resources -unit 4

Question 1

Human resource management

Answer 1

Human resource management, in its simplest terms, is defined as the effective management of the formal relationship between the employer and employees.

Question 2

Employer of choice

Answer 2

An employer of choice attracts, motivates and holds on to highly talented workers.

Question 3

Industrial democracy or empowerment

Answer 3

Industrial democracy or empowerment is the move towards increasing the influence of employees in decisions affecting there organisation.

Question 4

Diversity

Answer 4

Diversity refers to the difference between employees in an organisation, encompassing characteristics such as race, gender, ethnic group, age, disability, sexual orientation, the terms of employment, personality and education.

Question 5

Conditions of employment

Answer 5

Flexible working conditions are conditions that allow employees to balance work and family responsibilities more effectively.

Question 6

Work-life balance

Answer 6

Work-life balance is about achieving the right amount of time for work and for personal or family life.

Question 7

Occupational health and safety

Answer 7

Occupational health and safety refers to the responsibility the employer has to ensure the workplace is safe for employees and that steps are taken to minimise harm.

Question 8

Job security

Answer 8

Job security is the belief that the employee will not lose their job

Question 9

Motivation

Answer 9

Motivation refers to the individual, internal process that directs, energies and sustains a persons behaviour.

Question 10

Need

Answer 10

A need is a personal requirement.

Question 11

Motivation-hygiene theory

Answer 11

Is the idea that satisfaction and dissatisfaction are caused by separate sets of factors.

Question 12

Human resource manager

Answer 12

A human resource manager coordinates all the activities involved in acquiring, developing, maintaining and terminating employees from an organisation’s human resource management.

Question 13

Ethical management

Answer 13

Refers to the process of abiding by moral standards and doing the “right” thing in the interest of all stakeholders.

Question 14

Social responsibility

Answer 14

Is the obligations a business has over and above its legal responsibilities to the wellbeing of employees and customers, shareholders and the community as well as the environment.

Question 15

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory

Answer 15

Maslow’s sequence of human needs in the order of their importance.

Question 16

Lockes goal setting

Answer 16

Lockes goal setting involves setting goals with the employees so that they are more motivated to achieve them.