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| Describing the extent to which the three primary HR activities are designed to achieve the goals of the organization. |
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| The knowledge, skills, abilities, and other talents that employees posses. |
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Competitive Advantange
page 5 |
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| A company'y ability to create more economic value than its competitors. |
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| The individuals who work for a company |
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Environmental Influences
page 16 |
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| The pressures that exist outside companies that managers must consider to strategically manage their employees. |
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External Alignment
Page 14 |
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| The extent to which the three primary HR activities that a company uses help them meet their organizational demands, cope with environmental factors, and company with regulatory issues. |
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| The blurring of country boundaries in business activities. |
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| Challenges that managers must consider in the management of employees that relate to (1) Organizational demands; (2) environmental influences; and (3) regulatory issues. |
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Human Resource (HR) Department
Page 5 |
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| A support function within companies that serves a vital role in designing and implementing company policies for managing employees. |
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Human Resource (HR) Practices
page 4 |
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The practices that a company has put in place to manage employees. |
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Internal Alignment
Page 13 |
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| The extent to which specific practices used within each HR activity are consistent with one another as well as aligned across the primary HR activities |
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Line Manager (manager)
Page 5 |
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| The individuals who are responsible for supervising and directing the efforts of a group of employees to perform tasks that are directly related to the creation and delivery of a company's products or service. |
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Organizational Culture
Page 15 |
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| The set of underlying values and beliefs that employees of a company share. |
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Organizational Demands
P. 14 |
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| The factor within a firm that affect decisions regarding how to manage employees. |
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Primary Human Resource (HR) Activities
Page 7 |
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| The strategic management of employees centers around three catergories of HR activities (1) Work design and workforce planning; (2) managing employee compentencies; and (3) managing employee attitudes and behaviors. |
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| The company's plan for achieving a competitive advantage over its rivals. |
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