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Workshop 1 Flashcards

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What is HRM?

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The process of employing people, training them, compensating them, developing policies relating to them and developig strategies to retain them.

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What does STAFFING involve?

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It involves the entire hiring process from posting a job to negotiating a salary package.

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What are the four steps of STAFFING?

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  1. Developing of a staffing plan
  2. Development of policies to encourage multiculturalism at work
  3. Recruitment
  4. Selection
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Examples of workplace policies are

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  • Discipline proces policy
  • Vacation time policy
  • Dress code
  • Ethics policiy
  • Internet usage policy
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What is compensation?

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Anything the employee receives for his or her work.

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Examples of compensation

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  • Pay
  • Health benefits
  • 401 (k) (retirement plans)
  • Stock purchase plans
  • Vacation time
  • Sick leave
  • Bonusus
  • Tuition reimbursement
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What is retention?

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To keep and motivate employees to stay with the organization

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What are the main reasons for employees to leave a company?

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  • Issues around the job they are performing
  • Challenges with their manager
  • Poor fit with organizational culture
  • Poor workplace environment
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Examples of training programs

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  • Job skills training
  • Training on communication
  • Team-building activities
  • Policy and legal training
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Laws HRM professionals might deal with

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  • Discirmination laws
  • Health-care requirements
  • Compensation requirements such as the minimum wage
  • Worker safety laws
  • Labor laws
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Worker protection issues

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  • Chemical hazards
  • Heating and ventilation requirements
  • Use of no fragrance zones
  • Protection of private employee information
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Examples of external forces a company has no direct control over

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  • Globalization and offshoring
  • Changes to employment law
  • Health-care costs
  • Employee expectations
  • Diversity of the workforce
  • Chaging demographics of the workforce
  • A more highly educated workforce
  • Layoffs and downsizing
  • Technology used
  • Increased use of social networking to distribute information to employees
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What is a strategic partner?

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A partnership with the entire organization to ensure alignment of the HR function with the needs of the organization.

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What is a change agent?

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The skill to anticipate and respond to change within the HR function but as a company as a whole

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What is a administrative and functional expert?

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The ability to understand and implement policies, procedures and processes that relate to the HR strategic plan

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What is a human capital developer?

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Means to develop talent that is projected to be needed in the future

17
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What is an employee advocate?

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Someone who works for employees currently within the organizations

18
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Items that contribute to the costs of the selection

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  • Time to review résumés
  • Time to interview candidates
  • Interview expenses for candidates
  • Possible travel expenses for new hire or recruiter
  • Possible relocation for new hire
  • Additional bookkeeping, payroll, 401 (k) and so forth
  • Additional record keeping for government agencies
  • Increased unemployment insurance costs
  • Costs related to lack productivity while new employee gets up to speed
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What are three main areas in which you can ensure succes by training?

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  1. Company culture
  2. Skills needed for the job
  3. Human relationship skills
20
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What is a performance appraisal?

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A method by which a job performance is measured

21
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Synonyms for a performance appraisal

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  • Employee appraisal
  • Performance review
  • 360 review
  • Career development review
22
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What is diversity?

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Increasing the number of underrepresented groups in your organization

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What is inclusion?

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People of all backgrounds feel they can contribute to the organization as their authentic selves

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What is belongingness?

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You involve employees in decision-making, you challenge them, you invite them to engage with you socially

25
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What is uniqueness

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You do not only allow people to belong, you allow them to be their unique, authentic selves

26
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Inclusion is the key for the succes of …

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Diversity

27
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What are the benefits of diversity?

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  1. It increases companies ability to capture new markets
  2. It increases sales
  3. It enhances innovation

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