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| What does an HR audit do? |
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| identifies areas that may be out of compliance with legal requirement or are in need of updating because of strategic changes within the organization and defines elements that are working well |
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| issues to be considered in developing an organization structure |
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1) whether mgt is centralized or decentralized
2) nature of the functions
3) span of control for each manager |
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| one in which decision making authority is concentrated at higher levels in the organization |
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| decentralized organization |
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| one in which decision making is delegated to lower levels |
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| business functions are classified as either __________ or ___________ |
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line functions
staff functions |
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| make decisions about operating needs; operations and sales |
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| do not make operating decisions but do advise line managers; human resources and finance |
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| refers to the number of employees that one manager can directly supervise |
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| ongoing process of innovation, advantage, value creation, and reassessment |
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| What are 5 external forces that are in the external business environment that affect organizational change? |
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1) technological changes
2) industry changes
3) economic environment
4) labor pool
5) legal and regulatory activity |
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| what do tactical goals describe? |
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| what will be accomplished to achieve the strategy? |
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| what does the action plan do? |
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| breaks the tactical goals down into steps to be taken by an individual, team, or operating group to accomplish the tactical goal |
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1) general partnership
2) limited partnership or limited liability partnership
3) joint venture |
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| What does SMART stand for? |
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Specific
Measurable
Action-Oriented
Realistic
Time-based |
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| 3 types of administrative law that impact employment relationships |
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1) agency rules and regulations
2) agency orders
3) executive orders |
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| official daily publication for rules, proposals, and notices of federal agencies and the Office of the President |
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| issued by the US President and become law after having been published in the Federal Register for 30 days |
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| someone who is not employed by the corporation and does not have operational responsibilities |
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| includes officers of the corporation, such as CEO, CFO, COO, and other executives who make day-to-day decisions about company operations |
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| obligation to act in the best interests of the shareholders by making decisions that benefit the organization over decisions that benefit them personally |
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