SHRM: Organization (Ignite HR 2022) Flashcards
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Umbrella term for the various approaches and techniques, other than litigation, that can be used to resolve a dispute.
Arbitration
Method of dispute resolution by which disputing parties agree to be bound by the decisions of one or more impartial persons to whom they submit their dispute for final determination.
Center of Excellence
An organizational structure that leverages staff expertise in certain areas to improve the entire organization’s strategic performance.
Artificial Intelligence
The ability of a computer to imitate human thought and behavior.
Chain of Command
Line of authority within an organization
Cloud Computing
Style of computing in which scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service using internet technologies.
Co-Employment
Situation in which an organization shares responsibility and liability for its alternative workers with an alternative staffing supplier; also known as joint employment.
Constructive Discipline
Form of corrective discipline that implements increasingly sever penalties for employees.
Cosourcing
Arrangement in which an enterprise and a vendor share different tasks within a larger complex, often strategic responsibility.
Dedicated HR
HR structural alternative that allows organizations with different strategies in multiple units to apply HR expertise to each unit’s specific strategic needs.
Departmentalization
Way an organization groups jobs to coordinate work.
Downsizing
Termination of employment of individual employees or groups of employees for reasons other than performance, for example, economic necessity or restructuring; also known as Reduction in Force (RIF).
Due Diligence
Process of investigating a decision thoroughly before finalizing it to identify all potential factors that could affect the positive and negative impacts of the decision.
Encryption
Conversion of data into a format that protects or hides its natural presentation or intended meaning.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Business management software, is usually a suite of integration applications, that a company can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from many business activities.
Formalization
Refers to the extent to which rules, policies, and procedures govern the behavior of employees in an organization.
Functional HR
HR Structural alternative in which headquarters HR specialists craft policies and HR generalists located within divisions or other locales implement the policies, adapt them as needed, and interact with employees.
Functional Structure
Organizational structure in which departments are defined by the services they contribute to the organization’s overall mission, such as marketing and sales, operations, and HR.
Geographic Structure
Organizational structure in which geographic regions define the organizational chart.
Grievance Procedure
Orderly way to resolve differences of opinion.
Hacking
Act of deliberately accessing computer data without permission.
HR Audit
A systematic and comprehensive evaluation of an organization’s HR policies, practices, procedures, and strategies.
Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
Information technology framework and tools for gathering, storing, maintaining, retrieving, revising, and reporting HR data.
Independent Contractors
Self-employed individuals who are hired on a contract basis for specialized services.
Industrial Actions
Various forms of collective employee actions are taken to protest work conditions or employer actions.
Information Systems (IS)
Way to collect, organize, store, and share data.