Theme 1.4 Flashcards
Soft HRM
Workforce is treated as an asset to the business to contribute and help the business achieve its objective
Hard HRM
Workforce is treated as a resource that must be managed in order for the business to control costs and output
Flexible workforce
Uses temporary and part-time workers to make it easier to respond to fluctuations
Part time employees
Contracted to work less hours than a full-time employee
Temporary employees
Contracted to work for a business for a specified period of time
Flexible hours
Give some degree of autonomy to the employees to choose their own hours of work
Dismissal
Employees contract is terminated due to a breach of the terms
Redundancy
From of dismissal when employees contract is terminated
Trade unions
National organisations where the remit to protect its members
Recruitment process
The steps undertaken by Business attracting suitable candidates
Job description
Set the tasks and responsibilities of a job e.g job title
Person specification
Outlines the characteristics of the person required E.G qualifications
Centralisation
Responsibility for decision-making is maintained by a number of senior managers at the top
Decentralisation
responsibility for decision-making is delegated to a number of middle managers
Why is Motivation important
Lower labour turnover
Hello absenteeism
Improve workforce performance
