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HR Management
Chapter 1
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02/02/2012

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Term
Employer Branding
Definition
Firm's image focused on attracting employees the firm is seeking
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Human Resource Management (HRM)
Definition
Utilization of individuals to achieve organizational objectives.
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Staffing
Definition
The process an organization uses to ensure that it always has the proper number of employess with the appropriate skill set in the right jobs at the right times. Staffing ensures ofganizational objectives are can be achieved.
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Human Resource Development (HRD)
Definition
Major HR functiom
Training and developmeng
Individual career planning and developmentall activities.
Organizational development
Performance management and appraisal.
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External environment
Definition
Factors outside the organization boundaries that affect a firm's human resources make-up.
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Union
Definition
Comprised of employees who have joined together for the purpose of dealing with their employer.
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Shareholders
Definition
Owners of a corporation.
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Human resource information system (HRIS)
Definition
Any organizational approach for obtaining relevant and timely information on which to base human resource decisions.com
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Human resource managers
Definition
Individuals who normallu act in an advisory (or staff) capacity when working with other (line) managers regarding human resource matters.
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HR
Definition
Process of hiring external HR professionals to do HR work previously done internally.
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Shared service center (SSC)
Definition
A center that takes routine, transaction-based.activities disperesed throughout the organization and consolidates them in one place.
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Professional employer organization (PEO)
Definition
Company that leases emloyees to other businesses.
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Executive
Definition
Top-level manager who reports directly to a corporation's chief executive officer or to the head of a major division.
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Line manager
Definition
Individuals directly involved in accomplishing the primary purpose of the organizitation.
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Generalist
Definition
Person who may be an executive and performs tasks in a varietu of HR-related areas.
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Specialist
Definition
Individual who may be s HR executive. HR manager, or a nonmanager, and who is typically concerned with only one of the five functional areas of human resource management.
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Country's culture
Definition
Set of values. symbols, beliefs, languages, and norms that guide human behavior within the country.
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