People Flashcards
Differentiation of units
Each part of the organization has a specific role to play, with unique strengths and challenges and subcultures that must be managed
Five disciplines of a Learning Organization
Personal Mastery
Mental Models
Shared Vision
Team Learning
Systems Thinking
What is a learning organization?
A place where groups seek out new knowledge and then apply change and project management planning to adopt new ways of doing things
Define Systems Thinking
Building processes that take care of the entire organization, not just individual parts
Wage bands, payroll administration, and pay increase calculations are components of what total rewards function?
Pay structure
What kind of chart would be most useful for graphically representing progress on a project?
Gantt chart
What type of interview occurs when the questions are established ahead of time and asked of each applicant?
Structured interview
Performance Management
The tools, activities, and processes that an organization uses to manage, maintain, and improve the job performance of employees
Critical Path Analysis
Breaking up a large project into smaller steps and identifying the estimated time to complete each task
HR Business Partner (HRBP)
HR professional who works directly with senior leadership to develop and direct an HR agenda that supports organizational goals
Lagging indicator
Measures past performance to gauge an organization’s progress toward strategic objectives
Leading Indicator
Metrics used as a predictive measure of future performance
Mission statement
Reflects the purpose to which organizational effort will be applied
Organizational values
What the company believes in
Benchmarking
Establishing a baseline from which to measure variables
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Comparison of the cost of taking action to the results
Vision statement
Description of where the company wants to be in the future
Value statement
Describes what the company believes in
Strategy
A plan of action for accomplishing an organization’s long-range goals to create value
Strategic planning
Process of setting goals and designing a path toward a competitive position
Strategic management
The actions that leaders take to move their organizations toward the goals set in strategic planning to create value
Employer brand
How the company communicates the standards and expectations an employee should have of the company
Job description
Written description of a job and its essential functions and requirements
Job specifications
The minimum qualifications necessary to perform a job, written to comply with local laws
Job analysis
The process of breaking down the whole of a job into its individual and complementary parts
Task Inventory Analysis (definition)
Job analysis method made up of a list of all tasks associated with a job, grouped by duties and rated by frequency, importance, and difficulty.
Task Inventory Analysis (benefit)
Allows for prioritization of job requirements and specifications
Position analysis questionnaire (definition)
Questionnaire that measures a range of job elements and relates them to human characteristics
Position analysis questionnaire (benefit)
Conducts a quantified analysis of a job to determine appropriate duties and responsibilities
Critical incident technique (definition)
Using real-life situations as examples of good or bad performance to generate job descriptions and situational examples