SHRM People Flashcards
ADDIE Model
Instructional systems design framework consisting of five steps that guide the design and development of learning programs
Applicant tracking system (ATS)
Software application that automates organizations’ management of the recruiting process (such as accepting application materials, screening applicants, etc.)
Apprenticeship
Related to technical skills training; often a partnership between employers and unions
Assessment centers
Assessment tools that provide candidates a wide range of leadership situations and problem solving exercises
Auditory Leaners
People who learn best by relying on their sense of hearing
Balanced Scorecard
Performance management tool that depicts an organization’s overall performance as measured against goals, lagging indicators, and leading indicators.
Benchmarking
Process by which an organization identifies performance gaps and sets goals for performance improvement by comparing its date, performance levels, and/or processes against those of other organizations.
Benefits
Mandatory or voluntary payments or services provided to employees, typically covering retirement, health care, sick pay/disability, life insurance, and paid time off.
Blended learning
Planned approach to learning that includes a combination of instructor-led training, self-directed study, and/or on-the-job training.
Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)
Factor (such as religion, gender, national origin, etc.) that is reasonably necessary, in the normal operations of an organization, to carry out a particular job function.
Broadbanding
Combining several salary grades or job classifications with narrow pay ranges into one band with a wider salary spread.
Career development
Progression through a series of employment stages characterized by relatively unique issues, themes, and tasks.
Career Management
Preparing, implementing, and monitoring employees’ career paths, with a primary focus on the goals and needs of the organization
Career planning
Actions and activities that individuals perform in order to give direction to their work lives
Coaching
Focused, interactive communication and guidance intended to develop and enhance in-the-job performance, knowledge, or behavior.
Compa-ratio
Pay rate divided by the midpoint of the pay range
Compensation
All financial returns (beyond any tangible benefits payments or services), including salary and allowances
Compensation philosophy
Short but broad statement documenting an organization’s guiding principles and core values about employee compensation.
Competencies
Clusters of highly interrelated attributes, including knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) that give rise to the behaviors needed to perform a given job effectively.
Cost-of-living adjustment
Pay adjustment given to eligible employees regardless of performance or organizational profitability; usually linked to inflation.
Developmental activities
Activities that focus on preparing employees for future responsibilities while increasing their capacity to perform their current jobs.
Distance learning
Process of delivering educational or instructional programs to locations away from a classroom or site.
Domestic partners
Unmarried couples, of the same or opposite sex, who live together and seek economic and noneconomic benefits comparable to those granted to their married counterparts
Dual career ladders
Career development programs that identify meaningful career paths for professional and technical people outside traditional management roles
E-Learning
Electronic media delivery of educational and training materials, processes, and process.
Employee engagement
Employee’s emotional commitment to an organization, demonstrated by their willingness to put in discretionary effort to promote the organization’s effective functioning.
Employee life cycle (ELC)
Activities associated with an employee’s tenure in an organization.
Employee surveys
Instruments that collect and assess information on employees’ attitudes on and perceptions of the work environment or employment conditions
Employee value proposition (EVP)
Employees’ perceived value of the total rewards and tangible benefits they receive from the organizations as part of employment, which drives unique and compelling organizational strategies for talent acquisition, retention and engagement.
Employment branding
Process of positioning an organization as “employer of choice” in the labor market
Environmental scanning
Process that involves a systematic survey and interpretation of relevant data to identify external opportunities and threats and to assess how these factors affect the organization currently and how they are likely to affect the organization in the future.
Essential functions
Primary job duties that a qualified individual must be able to perform, either with or without accommodation.