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Human Resource Management Test 2
Chapters 5-9
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Management
Undergraduate 3
10/26/2011

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Human Resource Planning
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The process of forecasting the supply and demand for human resources within an organization and developing action plans for aligning the two
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Job Analysis
Definition
The process of gathering and organizing detailed information about various jobs within the organization so that managers can better understand the process through which they are performed most effectively.
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Narrative Job Analysis
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Has one or more SMEs prepare a written narrative or text description of the job.
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The Fleishman Job-Analysis System
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Defines abilities as enduring attributes of individuals that account for differences in performance. Relies on a taxonomy of abilities that presumably represents all the dimensions relevant to work.
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Task Analysis Invntory
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A family of job analysis methods, each with unique characteristics; each focuses on analyzing all the tasks performed in the focal job
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Functional Job Analysis
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Attepts to provide a single job analysis instrument that can be used with a wide variety of jobs.
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Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)
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Consists of 194 items reflecting work behavior, working conditions, or job characteristics that are assumed to be generalizable across jobs.
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Management Position Description Questionnaire (MPDQ)
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Contains 197 items that analyze how managerial jobs are done in terms of 13 components considered essential to all managerial jobs.
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Critical Incidents approach
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Focuses on critical behaviors that distinguish between effective and ineffective performers.
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Job Specification
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Focuses on the individual who will perform the job and indicates the knowledge, abilities, skills, and other characteristics that an individual must have to be able to perform the job.
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Job Description
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Lists the tasks, duties, and responsibilities for a particular job. It specifies the major job elements, provides examples of job tasks, and provides some indication of their relative importance in the effective conduct of the job.
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Rightsizing
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The process of monitoring and adjusting the composition of the organization's workforce to its optimal size.
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Distributive Justice
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Refers to perceptions that the outcomes a person faces are fair when compared to the outcomes faced by others.
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Procedural Justice
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Refers to perceptions that process used to determine the outcomes were fair.
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Interactional Justice
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Refers to the quality of the interpersonal treatment people receive when a decision is implemented
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Voluntary Turnover
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When an employee leaves a company on their own terms, which is often due in part to job dissatisfaction
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Progressive Discipline - Punishment
Definition
Simply refers to following unacceptable behavior with some type of negative consequences.
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Progressive Discipline - Discipline
Definition
Refers to the system of rules and procedures for how and when punishment is administered and how severe it should be.
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Employee at will
Definition
States that an employer can terminate any employee, at any time, for any reason, (good or bad), or for no reason at all.
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Recruitment
Definition
The process of developing a pool of qualified applicants who are interested in working for the organization and from which the organization might reasonably select the best individual or individuals to hire for employment.
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Selection
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Concerned with identifying the best candidate or candidates for jobs from among the pool of qualified applicants developed during the recruiting process.
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Diversity
Definition
Exists in a group or organization when its member differ from one another along one or more important dimensions.
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The cost argument
Definition
Suggests that organizations that learn to cope with diversity will generally have higher levels of productivity and lower levels of turnover and absenteeism
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The Resource Acquisition Argument
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Suggests that organizations that manage diversity effectively will become known among women and minorities as good places to work.
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The marketing argument
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Suggests that organizations with diverse workforces will be able to understand different market segments better than will less diverse organizations.
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The creativity argument
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Suggests that organizations with diverse workforces will generally be more creative and innovative than will less diverse organizations.
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The systems flexibility argument
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Suggests that organizations must become more flexible as a way of managing a diverse workforce.
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Compensation
Definition
The set of rewards that organizations provide to individuals in return for their willingness to perform various jobs and tasks within the organization.
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Internal equity in compensation
Definition
Refers to comparisons made by employees to other employees within the same organization.
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External equity in compensation
Definition
Refers to comparisons made by employees to others employed by different organizations performing similar jobs.
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Pay surveys
Definition
Surveys of compensation paid to employees by other employers in a particular geographic area, industry, or occupational group.
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Wage
Definition
Generally refer to hourly compensation paid to operating employees; the basis for wages is time.
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Salary
Definition
Income paid to an individual on the basis of performance, not on the basis of time.
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Wage and salary administration
Definition
The ongoing process of managing a wage and salary structure; managers must be sensitive to these costs and must be vigilant about managing them properly.
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Mandated Benefits
Definition
Unemployment Insurance, social security, and workers' compensation
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Non-Mandated Benefits
Definition
Private Pension Plans (Defined benefit plans& Defined Contribution plans), paid time off, and health insurance coverage.
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Cafeteria-Style Benefit Plans
Definition
Allow the employee to choose the benefits that he or she really wants.
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Employment Application
Definition
Asks individuals for various bits of information pertaining to their personal background.
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Employment Tests
Definition
A device for measuring the characteristics of an individual such as personality, intelligence, and aptitude
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Cognitive Ability Tests
Definition
Measure mental skills
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Psychomotor ability tests
Definition
Measure physical abilities such as strength, eye-hand coordination, and manual dexterity
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Personality tests
Definition
measure traits, or tendencies to act, that are relatively unchanging in a person.
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