page 3 (chapter 1)

Question 1

what are the 3 major influences on HRM

Answer 1

organizational culture

organizational climate

management procedures

Question 2

what are management procedures

Answer 2

organizations structure / employee’s empowerment

Question 3

what are the two types of variables

Answer 3

independent and dependent

Question 4

what is an independent variable

Answer 4

is controlled and researches can change it

Question 5

what is a dependent variable

Answer 5

is the measured variable and is one being assessed

Question 6

what is occupational segregation

Answer 6

traditional limiting of a certain demographic characteristic

Question 7

what is contingent / non standard workers

Answer 7

workers who do not fit the traditional definition of permanent, full time employment

Question 8

what is productivity

Answer 8

the ratio of an organizations outputs (goods and services) to its inputs (people, capital, energy and materials)

Question 9

what is the primary section

Answer 9

agriculture, fishing trapping, forestry, mining (indigenous shit)

Question 10

what is secondary sector

Answer 10

manufacturing and construction (blue collar)

Question 11

what is service sector

Answer 11

public transportation (79% of jobs in Canada)

Question 12

what is globalization

Answer 12

the emergence of a single global market for most products

Question 13

what is internal HRM influence

Answer 13

the structure of the organization, staffing, performance management

Question 14

what is employee empowerment

Answer 14

providing workers with the skills an authority to make decisions that would traditionally be made by managers

Question 15

what is two way communication

Answer 15

focus groups, suggestion boxes, hotlines