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Management #12 Flashcards

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the economic value of people with job relevant abilities, knowledge, ideas, energies, and commitments

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Human Capital*

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process of attracting, developing, and maintaining a talented work force

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Human Resource Management*

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the extent to which an individual’s skills, interests, and personal characteristics are consistent with the requirements of their work

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Person-job Fit

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the extent to which an individual’s values, interests, and behavior are consistent with the culture of the organization

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Person-organization Fit

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process that involves attracting a quality workforce, developing a quality workforce, and maintaining a quality workforce

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Human Resource Management Process*

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mobilizes human capital to implement organizational strategies

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Strategic Human Resource Management*

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occurs when someone is denied a job or job assignment for reasons that are not job-relevant

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Discrimination*

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the requirement that employment decisions be made without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability status

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Equal Employment Opportunity *

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an effort to give preference in employment to women and minority group members who have traditionally been underrepresented

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Affirmative Action*

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employment criteria justified by capacity to perform a job

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Bona fide Occupational Qualifications*

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requires equal pay for men and women performing equal work in an organization

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Equal Pay Act of 1963*

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prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964*

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prohibits discrimination against persons over 40; restricts mandatory retirement

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Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)*

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establishes mandatory health and safety standards in workplaces

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Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 (OSHA) *

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prohibits employment discrimination against pregnant workers

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Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 *

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prohibits discrimination against qualified individual on the basis of disability

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)*

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allows employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave with job guarantees for childbirth, adoption, or family illness

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Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)*

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bans sex discrimination in schools receiving federal aid, whether it be in academics or athletics

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Title IX of the Educational Amendments

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behavior of a sexual nature that affects a person’s employment situation

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Sexual harassment*

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holds that persons performing jobs of similar importance should be paid at comparable levels

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Comparable Worth

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hired as needed and are not part of the organization’s permanent workforce

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Independent Contractors*

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the right to privacy while at work

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Workplace privacy*

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23
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overemphasizes the most recent behaviors when evaluating individual performance

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Recency Bias*

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keeps a log of someone’s effective and ineffective job behaviors

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Critical-incident Technique*

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analyzes staffing needs and identifies actions to fill those needs

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Human Resource Planning*

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studies exactly what is done in a job, and why

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Job Analysis

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details the duties and responsibilities of a job holder

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Job Description

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list the qualifications required of a job holder

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Job Specification

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set of activities designed to attract a qualified pool of job applicants

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Recruitment

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seeks job applicants from outside the organization

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External Environment

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seeks job applicants from inside the organization

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Internal Recruitment

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focuses on selling the job and organization to applicants

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Traditional Recruitment

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provide job candidates with all pertinent information about a job and an organization, both positive and negative

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Realistic job previews

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choosing individuals to hire from a pool of qualified job applicants

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Selection

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means that a selection device gives consistent results over repeated measures

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Reliability

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means that scores on a selection device have demonstrated links with future job performance

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Validity

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the interviewer does not work from a formal and preestablished list of questions that is asked of all interviewees

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Unstructured Interviews

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asks job applicants about past behaviors

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Behavioral Interviews

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asks job applicants how they would react in specific situations

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Situational Interviews

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collect certain biographical information that has been proven to correlate with good job performance

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Biodata Methods

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examines how job candidates handle simulated work situations

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Assessment Center

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applicants are evaluated while performing actual work tasks

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Work Sampling

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familiarizes new employees with jobs, coworkers, and organizational policies and services

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Orientation

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process of learning and adapting to the organizational culture

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Socialization

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provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job-related skills

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Training

46
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people switch tasks to learn multiple jobs

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Job Rotation

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occurs as an experienced person offers performance advice to a less experienced person

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Coaching

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assigns early career employees as proteges to more senior ones

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Mentoring

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uses personal behavior to demonstrate performance expected of others

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Modeling

50
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training to improve knowledge and skills in the management process

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Management Development

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sets standards, assesses results, and plans for performance improvements

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Performance Management System

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the process of formally evaluating performance and providing feedback to a job holder

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Performance Appraisal

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uses a checklist of traits or characteristics to evaluate performance

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Graphic Rating Scale

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uses specific descriptions of actual behaviors to rate various levels of performance

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Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale

55
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compares one person’s performance with that of others

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Multiperson Comparison

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include superiors, subordinates, peers, and even customers in the appraisal process

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360 degree appraisals

57
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involves balancing career demands with personal and family needs

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Work-life Balance

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a salary or hourly wage paid to an individual

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Base Compensation

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awards pay increases in proportion to performance contributions

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Merit Pay

60
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plans provide one-time payments based on performance accomplishments

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Bonus Pay

61
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plans distribute to employees a proportion of net profits earned by the organization

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Profit-sharing

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plans allow employees to share in cost savings or productivity gains realized by their efforts

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Gain-sharing

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help employees purchase stock in their employing companies

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Employee Stock Ownership Plans

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give the right to purchase shares at a fixed price in the future

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Stock Options

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nonmonetary forms of compensation such as health insurance and retirement plans

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Employee Benefits

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programs allow employees to choose from a range of benefit options

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Flexible Benefits

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help employees achieve better work-life balance

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Family-friendly Benefits

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help employees cope with personal stresses and problems

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Employee Assistance Programs

69
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offer workers financial incentives to retire early

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Early Retirement Incentive Programs

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the involuntary dismissal of an employee

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Termination

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means that employees can be terminated at any time for any reason

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Employment-at-will

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a doctrine giving workers legal protections against discriminatory firings

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Wrongful Discharge

73
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an organization that deals with employers on the workers’ collective behalf

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Labor Union

74
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formal agreement between a union and an employer about the terms of work for union members

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Labor Contract

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the process of negotiating, administering, and interpreting a labor contract

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Collective Bargaining

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