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Unit 3 AOS 2: Managing Employees (B) Flashcards

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What is training?

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  • Process of increasing knowledge and skills of an employee to help them perform more effectively and efficiently in their role
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What is on the job training?

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  • Training conducted in a normal workplace environment

- Often while performing their actual job

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Examples of on the job training?

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  • Coaching (being taught by an existing employee how to perform the job)
  • Mentoring (watching an existing employee perform their job and learning from their experience)
  • Job rotation (completing a number of jobs in a field of the business)
  • Job shadowing (following an experienced worker for a few days to see watching what they do and how)
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Advantages of on the job training

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  • More cost effective
  • Learning knowledge directly related to the job
  • Producing goods/services which adds to the business’ productivity
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Disadvantages of on the job training

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  • Quality of trainer can vary (may not be very experienced)
  • Poor habits can be passed on
  • If an employee has to train someone their job may not be getting done
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What is off the job training?

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  • Training conducted in a place away from the workplace
    e. g.
  • Conferences
  • Lectures
  • Simulations
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Advantages of off the job training?

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  • Learns from specialists with vast experience
  • Less likely to be distracted by colleagues
  • Develop broader social networks
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Disadvantages of off the job training?

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  • More expensive form of training
  • Lost working time as employee is away from work
  • May not be able to integrate skills
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What are business objectives?

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  • Increase market share
  • Make a profit
  • Fulfil a market need
  • Meet shareholder expectations
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What are employee objectives?

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  • Make an income
  • Career advancement
  • Develop skills
  • Job security
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What is performance management?

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  • Process used to evaluate and improve individual and business performance
  • Individual objectives should be aligned with business objectives
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What is management by objectives?

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  • Program where manager and employee collaboratively set clear objectives
  • Objectives are set for employee’s and are aligned with business objectives
  • Employee is evaluated against the set objectives and given feedback on their performance
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What is a performance appraisal?

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  • Measures employee performance, provides feedback and develops new objectives for employee
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What is self evaluation?

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  • Where an employee assesses their own performance
  • Allows employee and manager to discuss performance
  • Can highlight needs for training
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What is employee observation?

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  • Where an employee’s performance is evaluated by watching them in action
  • Should be performed regularly
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What is termination?

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  • Ending of an employment contract where the employee stops working at the business
  • During terminations it’s important employee is treated fairly and lawfully
  • Can be voluntary and involuntary
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What is retirement?

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  • Employee decides to leave the workforce
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What are retirement entitlements?

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  • Entitled to 9.5% minimum superannuation

- Access superannuation when at retirement age

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What are transition issues of retirement?

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  • Counselling
  • Lifestyle counselling
  • Investment advice
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What is resignation?

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  • Employee voluntarily leaves the business (exit interview)
    May be due to,
  • Change of career
  • Better job offer
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What are resignation entitlements?

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  • Payment for completed work

- Business entitled to notice

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What is redundancy?

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  • When an employee leaves the business because their job is no longer needed
  • Voluntary or involuntary
  • Can be due to technological changes or if the business goes bankrupt
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What are redundancy entitlements?

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  • Redundancy package
  • Time off to attend interviews
  • Notice
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What are transition issues of redundancy?

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  • Counselling
  • Career advice
  • Financial advice
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What is dismissal?

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  • Employee is terminated/fired due to unacceptable behaviour or performance
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What is summary dismissal?

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  • Employee dismissed without warning for violating their employment contract
    e. g. Theft, sexual harassment
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What is on-notice dismissal?

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  • Employee not performing satisfactorily

- Must be given notice and an opportunity to improve their performance

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What are entitlements of dismissal?

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  • Full payment of work completed
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What are transition issues of dismissal?

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  • Sensitivity and confidentiality should be used
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What is unfair dismissal?

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  • When an employee has been dismissed in an unreasonable manner
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What is workplace relations?

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  • Refers to relationship and communication shared between employees and their employer
  • Especially in areas such as wages, employment conditions and workplace disputes
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Goals of workplace relations?

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  • Employee’s satisfied with wages/employment conditions
  • Business can remain productive, competitive and profitable
  • Disputes are minimised/resolved fairly
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Key participants of workplace relations?

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  • FWC
  • Employers Associations
  • Unions
  • Human Resource Manager
  • Employee’s
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What is the Fair Work Commission?

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  • Australia’s independent workplace relations tribunal
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What is the role of FWC?

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  • Hearing unfair/unlawful dismissal
  • Making changes to the Awards
  • Approve workplace agreements
  • Hearing/investigating bullying/harassment claims
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What are the Employer Associations?

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  • Organisations that represent/offer advice to employers with workplace relations issues
    e. g. New wage agreement, employee disputes
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What is the Union?

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  • Organisations that represent/offer advice to employees with workplace relations issues
    e. g. Offer advice to employees, negotiating new wage agreement, organise industrial action
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What are Human Resource Managers?

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  • Responsible for managing relationship between employees and the business
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What are Human Resource Managers roles?

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  • Recruiting employees
  • Terminating employees
  • Training
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What are employees?

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  • Those that work in the business
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What are employees roles?

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- Work toward achievement of objectives 
In terms of workplace relations, 
- Negotiating of new agreements 
- Voting on agreements 
- Take industrial action if required
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What are Awards?

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  • Provide pay rates and conditions of employment for a specific industry or occupation
  • Created by FWC
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What are Agreements?

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  • Contracts made at a business/enterprise between employer and employees about terms and conditions of employment
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What is a strike?

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  • Employee’s withdraw from labour
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What is work to rule?

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  • Workers perform bare minimum required
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What is stop work meeting?

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  • Employee’s stop work to hold a meeting during work hours
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What is lockout?

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  • Employer doesn’t let employees into the workplace
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What is protected industrial action?

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  • Action taken approved by FWC
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What is unprotected action?

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  • Unlawful and damages can be sought
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What are grievance procedures?

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  • Formal process

- Employee can resolve matters relating to complaints about wages, conditions and disciplinary action

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What is mediation?

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  • Independent third party

- Help parties talk about issues and arrive at their own resolution

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What is Arbitration?

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  • Both parties put their case forward to an independent third party who makes the final decision

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