Human Resource Management: Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Human Resource Management

Download Human Resource Management: Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Human Resource Management in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Human Resource Planning DEFINITION 1 the process of forecasting the supply and demand for human resources within an organization and developing action plans for aligning the two. TERM 2 Human Resource Information System DEFINITION 2 An integrated and increasingly automated system for maintaining a database regarding the employees in an organization. TERM 3 Labor Force trends and issues DEFINITION 3 1) baby boom generation continues to age2) declining birthrates for the post-baby boom generation3)Improved health and medical care -able to work longer4) Mandatory retirement ages have been increased or dropped altogether, keeping people in the workforce longer5)Gender differences - more women in the workforce6) Changing ethnicity- Hispanics increasing in workforce as much as whites are declining7) Aftrican Americans and Asians growing in workforce but not as much as Hispanics. TERM 4 Executive Succession DEFINITION 4 systematically planning for future promotions into top managment positions from current employee workforce TERM 5 Implications of a Growth Strategy DEFINITION 5 A strategy of growth indicates growing sales, increasing demand, and expanding operations for the organization. When the organization is growing, it needs to hire more people. TERM 6 Implications of a Stability Strategy DEFINITION 6 A strategy used when the organization is stable to maintain status quo. TERM 7 Implications of a Reduction Strategy DEFINITION 7 Reductions are handled through layoffs, attrition and early retirement programs. TERM 8 Labor Force Participation Rate DEFINITION 8 Percentage of available workers actively looking for work TERM 9 Rate of Unemployment DEFINITION 9 Percentage of individuals looking for and available for work who are currenty unemployed. TERM 10 Market Wage Rate DEFINITION 10 The prevailing wage rate for a given job in a given labor market TERM 21 Task-Analysis Inventory DEFINITION 21 refers to a family of job-analysis methods, each with unique characteristics. However, each one focuses on analyzing all the tasks performed in the focal job. TERM 22 Functional Job Analysis DEFINITION 22 One attempt to have a single job analysis instrument that can be used with a wide variety of jobs TERM 23 Position Analysis Questionnaire DEFINITION 23 a standardized job-analysis instrument consisting of 194 items that reflect behavior, working conditions, and job characteristics that are assumed to be generalizable across a wide variety of jobs TERM 24 Management Position Description Questionnaire DEFINITION 24 a standardized job-analysis instrument similar to PAQ and also containing 197 items with the focus on managerial jobs and in terms of 13 essential components of these jobs TERM 25 Critical Incidents Approach DEFINITION 25 focuses on the critical behaviors that distinguish effective from ineffective performers. It is generally useful because it focuses the organization's attention on aspects of the job that lead to more or less effective performance. TERM 26 Job description DEFINITION 26 list of tasks, duties and responsibilities that a particular job entails TERM 27 Job specification DEFINITION 27 list of knowledge, abilities, skills and other characteristics that an individual must have to perform the job TERM 28 Legal issues of job analysis DEFINITION 28 ADA requires that a person with disabilities cannot be discriminated against if they can perform essential tasks of the job so employers need to do good job analysis on jobs to know what the essential functions are. TERM 29 Electromation decision DEFINITION 29 NLRB ruled that the autonomous work teams and action committees created at the company were illegal labor organizations. In other words, they were labor organizations because they scheduled work, determined wages, and made selection and promotion decisions - and they were illegal because they were created and controlled by management.