Workforce planning and Employment (Old School) Flashcards
Reverse Discrimination
Where preferential treatment is shown to females and minorities, often to achieve an affirmative action goal
Reliability
Repeatability or consistency of measurement.
Replacement Chart
an organizational chart showing the employees who hold various positions and their most likely replacement
Reasonable accommodation
Efforts by an employer to facilitate the employment of a disabled person that are note excessively expensive and do not interfere with normal operations
Regression analysis
a statistical technique for predicting the value of one dependent variable by a weighted combination of other independent variables
Right to sue
a notice issued by the EEOC to a complaining party after the investigation and conciliation that further efforts to seek redress will need to come through civil litigation
Markov Analysis
A method of long term forecasting in which probabilities of movement among job categories in one period are used to forecast movement in a later period
Base rate of success
the percentage of employees who would normally be considered successful without the use of a given selection procedure
EEOC
The equal employment opportunity commission is a government agency created by 1964 Civil rights acts. It enforces Title VII of civil rights act, the age discrimination in employment act of 1967, the equal pay act of 1963, section 501 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 and the ADA of 1991
Institutional expectancy chart
An expectancy chart showing what proportion of new hires will likely be successful performers given different cutoff scores
Expatriate manager
a manager who is assigned to work in a foreign country
Individual expectancy Chart
An expectancy chart showing the probability that an individual will be a successful performer given different predictor scores
False Positives
individuals who obtained sufficiently high predictor scores to be hired, but they are poor performers
Dual Career Ladders
Managers can move up two career ladders simultaneously. Movement up the managerial ladder means greater power and decision -making authority and movement up the technical ladders is greater autonomy in practicing the profession.
Underutilization analysis
An underutilization analysis is used to determine if. the percent of workers available in the labor force exceeds the percent employed in each job group. If a recruitment or selection procedure tends to significantly reduce the number of minorities or females who are accepted for employment, the procedure.
panel inteview
an interview format in which one applicant is interview by a group of interviewers at one time. also called board interview
face validity
a form of validity that is inferred from the perceived similarity between the content of the predictor and the requirements of the job - also called content validity
Otherwise qualified
a disabled individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of a job if necessary barriers created by their disability are eliminated
constructive discharge
a decision constructed by a court that an employee who quit was actually discharged because of intolerable working conditions
content validity
a form of validity that is inferred from the perceived similarity between the content of the predictor and the requirements of the job - sometimes called face validity.
False negatives
individuals who were not hired because of low predictor scores but would have been outstanding performers
Conspect reliability
The degree of agreement between two evaluators; inter-rater reliability
Construct Validity
a type of validity that assess whether a measuring instrument actually measures the psychological construct or trait purports to measure
concurrent validity
a method of testing the validity of a selection procedure, sometimes called the present-employee method, in which the predictor and criteria data are collected simultaneously from a group of present employees
cohort analysis
a comparison of the treatment of similarity situated individuals or groups
Semi-structed interview
A “semi-structured interview” in HR refers to an interview format where the interviewer has a prepared list of key topics or questions to cover, but has the flexibility to ask follow-up questions and adapt the conversation based on the candidate’s responses, allowing for a more natural and in-depth discussion compared to a strictly structured interview.
Section 1981
The civil rights act of 1866 that guarantees all citizens of the united states, regardless of color, the rights to make and enjoy the benefits of contracts
Predictive Validity
a method of testing the validity of a selection procedure, also called the follow up method, in which the predictor information on a group of applicants is statistically correlated with performance data that are collected after the applicants have been hired and trained.
Patterned interview
a structured interview in which the interviewer asks a series of predetermined questions.
Job bidding
An internal recruiting process that allows employees who believe they have the necessary qualifications to apply for a job that has become vacant
Delphi Technique
a group decision making progress in which the group members do not interact face to face. information from each individual is collected separately, integrated, and sent back to the group members who are then asked if they would like to revise thier opinions
Aptitude test
Test that measure an individuals capacity for learning
Selection ratio
the percentage of individuals hired relative to the total number of applicants
Test-retest reliability
a method of assessing the reliability of a measuring instrument by administering it twice to the same population with a brief interval of time between the two administrations and then correlating each individuals first and second scores
Availability analysis
a determination of the number of minorities and women in the external labor market who are qualified for employment in the company’s job groups
Criterion-Related validity
A validity study, either predictive or concurrent, in which the predictor data are statistically correlated with the criteria of per
Job Sample Test
a simple test that requires applicants to perform a defined segment of the actual job to assess their potential
BFOQ
bona fide occupational qualification - employers are allowed to discriminate on the basis of religion, sex, or national origin only when these attributes are necessary for the operation of their business
Job Knowledge test
a simple test that measures the specific knowledge and vocabulary associated with a particular job.
Fill time
how long it takes to replace a departing employee or fill a new job opening
conciliation
An informal process of agreement used by the Equal employment opportunity commission for resolving charges of discrimination
Goals and timetables
when an underutilization analysis identifies a job group that is under-represented with minorities or women, the company is expected to develop goals and timetables in its affirmative action plan for correcting this imbalance.
Inter-rater reliability
The degree of agreement between two evaluators who have evaluated the same employee or job applicant
Work -Load analysis
a method of short-term forecasting in which the number of employees is identified by computing how many employees hours will be needed to produce the output that the organization expects to achieve
Four-fifths rule
The guideline used by the EEOC to determine whether a selection procedure has an adverse impact on selection. A selection procedure is biased if the selection rate for any protected group is less than four fifths of the selection rate for any other protected group
Alternate-forms reliablity
a method of testing the reliability of an instrument by using two alternate( or equivalent) forms of that instrument
Biographical - information blank
a special application blank that is used to collect extensive information on an applicants previous experiences and background
OFCCP
Office of federal contract compliance programs. The OFCCP is a government agency in the department of Labor that review the affirmative action programs of government contractors and monitors their compliance
Bumping
The practice that allows senior employees whose jobs are eliminated to bump less senior employees and take their jobs
Assessment Center
A selection procedure primarily used for selecting managers in which candidates participate in individual and group exercise and are evaluated by observers
Weighted application blank
an application blank containing valid information that can be weighted, used to form composite score, and then used for making a selection decision
Graphology
handwriting analysis
synthetic validity
A method of testing the validity of a selection procedure by combining jobs that require similar abilities and by separately validating the specific predictors intended to measure those abilities
Validity coefficient
The correlation coefficient showing the relationship between a predictor and a criterion
Validity generalization
using the validity evidence based on a few jobs to infer that the same test would be valid for other related jobs
Ten job categories for EEO reporting
Executive/senior-level officials and managers, first/mid-level officials and managers, professionals, technicians, sales workers, administrative support workers, craft workers, operatives, laborers and helpers, and service workers
virtual expatriate
an expatriate manager who lives at home and works long distance,, instead of relocating
Trend projections
a method of long range forecasting in which employment levels are associated with levels of business activity. Trend projections include simple linear extrapolations as well as more sophisticated techniques of regression analysis
Job Service
Job services, also known as employment services, are services that help people find and keep jobs. They can include job coaching, resume writing, and job fairs
Clinical judgement
an informal method of subjectively combining information to arrive at a selection decision
Turnover rate
the percentage of employees to leave an organization during a given period of time
Local national
Worker who are hired by a multination company to work in their own county. ALso called host country nationals
Order number 4
Executive Order 11246, or Order Number 4, established the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to monitor compliance with its anti-discrimination provisions and requires government contractors to develop affirmative action plans
Validity
The extent to which a predictor variable is correlated with a criterion variable
non directive interview
A non-directive interview is a conversational interview style that allows the interviewee to guide the discussion. It’s also known as an unstructured interview
Implied contract
a statement, usually in an employee handbook that creates the expectation that an employee will not be terminated except for good cause
Yield Ratios
Ratios that show the number of applicants at one stage of the recruiting process who move to the next stage. These ratios provide valuable information for recruitment planning
H1-B visa
a visa classification that provides employers with the ability to hire workers with specialized training from the global labor market to meet critical, but usually temporary, business needs
Third county national
employers who are citizens of neither the home nor the host county
