Intro To HR Flashcards
Human resource management AKA HRM/HR
Responsible for:
- recruiting
- selection
- motivation
Defining and analyzing jobs in organizations
What are the two planning functions of HR?
- Strategic planning
- Short and medium range planning
How do HR planning activities help the organization?
Help the organization better understand how many and what type of employees the org needs in the future
What does staffing include?
- Recruiting applicants
- Selecting most appropriate candidate
- Applied to both internal and external candidates
Direct compensation
Rewards that are directly linked to performance on the job
Indirect compensation
Compensation that is given simply for being a member of an org
Performance appraisal (review)
Method in which an employee’s job performance is evaluated
4 implicit HR objectives
- Improve productivity
- Improve quality of work life
- Ensure legal compliance
- Forster ethical behavior
Quality of work life (QWL)
The quality of life experiences by employees in their work environments
Moral philosophy
Principles, rules, and values that individuals use in deciding what is right or wrong
What are the two categories of ethical theories?
- Consequential
- Deontological
Consequential theories
Focuses on the consequences of manager’s actions - end result
Deontological theories
Focuses on the rules or duties of managers - moral duties and responsibilities to do the right thing
6 trends representing major events that influenced the growth of HRM
- Increased competition
- Cost and benefits
- Productivity changes
- Increasing pace and complexity
- Symptoms of dysfunction in the workplace
- Societal trends of the 21rst century
True or false: HR dept execs are just as concerned with profits as other execs
True
How are millennials described entering the workforce?
Cynical
What is strategy?
How an organization is going to compete
What is a societal trend that affects HR and it’s function?
Symptoms of dysfunction in the workplace
Internal environment
Factors that organizations control as they interact in the global marketplace
- culture
- product development
- strategy
External environment
Factors that organizations in their managers have no control over
- Legislation
- Changes in technology
- Competition
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
What does a strong economy tend to create?
A more competitive market for recruiting talent
Did NAFTA force corporations to become more or less competitive?
More
What have organization started doing with their structure as the use of technology has increased in the workplace?
Decreased the number of management levels of the organization