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11/13/2011

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Term
Hiring Process
Definition
HR Planning
Recruiting
Selection
Orientation
Term
General Model for Personnel Selection
pg 233
Definition
Application
Preliminary Screening
Initial interview
test and assessments
background investigation
in-depth interview
decision to hire
physical examination
employment orientation
Term
Scope of Search
Definition
distance depends on how specific your job qualifications are.
Term
Internal Recruiting Advantages
Definition
-Morale of promotee
-Better assessment of abilities
Lower cost for some jobs
Causes a succession of promotions
-Have to hire only at entry level
Term
Internal Recruiting Disadvantages
Definition
-Inbreeding
-Possible morale problems of those not promoted
-“Political” infighting for promotions
-Need for management-development program
Term
External Recruiting Advantages
Definition
-New “blood” brings new perspectives
-Cheaper and faster than training professionals
-No group of political supporters in org. already
-May bring new industry insights
Term
External Recruiting Disadvantages
Definition
-May not select someone who will fit the job or org.
-May cause morale problems for internal candidates not selected
-Longer “adjustment” or orientation time
Term
Methods of Recruitment
Definition
-Media
-Print
-Other
-Schools (ex. ECPI)
-Employment Agency – 2 types, private or public . Private is all fee for service.
-Walk In
Term
Salinas vs Fort Worth Baggage
Definition
Cab driver kills some people
Victims family tries to sue cab company for hiring a person with a criminal record
Cab company claims that the drivers are their own business entity.
Term
Fair credit reporting act
Definition
provides limited legal amenity to employers that hire 3rd party private investigators
Protects them from lawsuits
Term
Standardized tests
Definition
better at estimating failure
Term
Testing Necessities
Definition
Valid- Extent to which test measures importance
Reliable
Objective
Standardized
Term
concurrent Validity
Definition
Measures when employer tests current employees and correlates the scores with their performance ratings
Term
Predictive Validity
Definition
measured when test results of applicants are compared with subsequent job performance
Term
Reliability
Definition
Reliability of a predictor is the extent to which it repeatedly produces the same results over a period of time
Term
Realistic Job Preview
Definition
Process through which a job applicant receives an picture of the job

Competition will not be as ethical and realistic and will steal employees

People who get a realistic preview get what they came for
Term
Employee polygraph protection act
Definition
Private employers cannot use polygraphs when hire
Term
Cognitive ability test
Definition
testing that measures a persons thinking, memory, reasoning, verbal skills, and mathematical capabilites.
Term
Negligent Hiring
Definition
when an employer fails to check an employees background and employee injures someone on the job
Term
Negligent Retention
Definition
Employer knows employees are negligent and then he injures someone.
Term
JTPA
Definition
job training partnership act - created more accountability restrictions.
Term
WIA
Definition
Workforce investment act - money is distributed more evenly rather than focusing on poor people
Term
Learning
Definition
relatively permanent change in behavior due to reinforced practice.

its an active process and requires people to work with information.
Term
practice
Definition
improves and allows the refining of skills.
Term
Active Practice
Definition
performance of job-related tasks and duties by trainees during training
Term
spaced practice
Definition
practice performed in several eosins based over a period of days
Term
Massed Prac.
Definition
Prac. performed all at once
Term
Behavior modeling
Definition
copying someone else's behavior
Term
Reinforcement
Definition
people tend to repeat things that give them positive rewards and not repeat things connected to negative rewards
Term
Immediate confirmation
Definition
people learn best if reinforcement and feedback are given as soon as possible after training
Term
Informal Training
Definition
Training that occurs through interactions and feedback among employees
Term
Cross Training
Definition
training people to do more than one job
Term
Orientation
Definition
Planned introduction of new employees to their jobs, co-workers, and the organization.
Term
Behavioral Interview
Definition
interview in which applicants give specific ex. of how they dealt with a problem in the past
Term
situational interview
Definition
structured interview that determines how an employee would act in a given situation
Term
Non-directive interciew
Definition
interview that uses questions developed from answers to previous questions
Term
Stress Interview
Definition
Pressure put on interviewee to see how they respond
Term
Panel interview
Definition
interview where several interviewers meet with the candidate at the same time
Term
team interview
Definition
interviewee is interviewed by team they will work with if hired
Term
Patterned Interview
Definition
Set questions for each interviewee
Term
orientation
Definition
planned introduction of new employees to their jobs, co-workers and the organization.
Term
Orientation Benefits
Definition
reduces anxiety, reduces startup costs, reduces turn-over
Term
evaluating outcomes
Reaction
Definition
org.s evaluate reaction elves of trainees by conducting interviews or by administering questionnaires and its to very helpful
Term
evaluating outcomes
Learning
Definition
measuring how well trainees have kerned facts, ideas, concepts, theories, and attitudes.

-you can have a pre-test and a post-test

-not hard to measure

-problem is that trainees may pass test then forget everything they learned
Term
evaluating outcomes
Behavior
Definition
Measuring the effect of training on job performance through interviews of trainees and their co-workers

-observing the actual job performance

*more difficult to measure
Term
evaluating outcomes
Results
Definition
difficult to measure - finding weather changes were a result of training or a result of other factors.

-effect of training on the achievement
Term
incapsulated learning
Definition
learning cannot be transferred to the job itself
Term
performance appraisal
Definition
to much emphasize on getting it done and not enough on telling people what they need to do.

In order to show someone is doing bad you need concrete evidence like a paper trail

if you want to improve somones behavior tell them what they have to do

reward people for what they do well and what they need to do to improve.
Term
continuous performance
Definition
tell people how they're doing on the spot
Term
360 appraisal
Definition
appraisal from your supervisors, subordinates, co-workers, customer, yourself, and an outside review (from within the company but different department)

must be able to observe you more than once and on a regular basis.
Term
trait-based performance appraisal
Definition
problem- you can't measure or define what a trait is
Term
Watson vs Fort Worth Bank
Definition
adverse impact

-black male is rejected from back job 4 times
-company doesn't have a specific hiring process
Term
behavioral based
Definition
behavioral ranking scales
behaviors you have identified are important

allow raters to rate on behaviors required by that specific job

when you rate on behavior you focus on the job and therefore doesn't require a definition.

allows employees to see where they need to improve and understand why they were given a specific rating.

allows supervisors to get inout in developing system as a whole

these systems work based when you can observe an employee daily.
Term
Goal Setting
Specific
Definition
a soecific goal can be defined and has boundaries
Term
Goal Setting
Measurable
Definition
its attainment can be described objectively by noting subjective indicators
Term
Goal Setting
Attainable
Definition
given the situation it seems something that can be achieved
Term
Goal Setting
Relevant
Definition
pertains to something that is needed and pertains to the companies mission situation
Term
Goal Setting
Time framed
Definition
Goals can be achieved within a specific period of time
Term
Goal Setting
Challenging
Definition
demanding and some what risky
achievement would be worth mentioning
Term
Performance MGMT cycle
Definition
the idea of working with people with developed plans
Term
Performance MGMT cycle
Stage 1 - Planning Performance
Definition
establish performance goals, developmental goals, and action plans
Term
Performance MGMT cycle
Stage 2- managing Performance
Definition
observe and document efforts and accomplishments
provide feedback
coach and council regarding their performance
Term
Performance MGMT cycle
Stage 3 - appraising performance
Definition
evaluate employees accomplishments and skills
discuss the evacuation with the employees
Term
Halo effect
Definition
a person who gets ratings better than they should be
Term
Horn effect
Definition
a person who gets ratings worse than what they should be
Term
Central Tendency
Definition
rater gives most people a score near the middle
Term
Strictness error
Definition
rater gives all employees bad rating
Term
Lenient Error
Definition
rater gives employees good rating all the time
Term
recency effect
Definition
a rater gives greater weight to recent events when you they appraise that individual
Term
primacy
Definition
give greater weight to the info you got when you first met the person (bad first impression)
Term
contrast error
Definition
tendency to rate people relative to others
Term
varying stnd.
Definition
when someone does the same thing and the rater has 2 different scores
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