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23 Cards in this Set
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Human Resources Management (HRM)
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The management function that is concerned with getting, training, motivating, and keeping competent employees.
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Affirmative Action Programs
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Programs that ensure that decisions and practices enhance the employment, upgrading, and retention of members of protected groups.
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Work Councils
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Nominated or elected employees who must be consulted when management makes decisions involving personnel.
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Board Representatives
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Employees who sit on a company's board of directors, who represent the interests of employees.
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Employment Planning
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The process by which management ensures it has the right number and kinds of people in the right places at the right time, who are capable of helping the organization achieve its goals.
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Human Resource Inventory Report
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A report listing the name, education, training, prior employer, languages spoken, and other information about each employee in the organization.
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Job Analysis
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An assessment of the kinds of skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to successfully perform each job in an organization.
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Job Description
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A written statement of what a job holder does, how it is done, and why it is done.
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Job Specification
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A statement of the minimum acceptable qualifications that an incumbent must possess to perform a given job successfully.
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Recruitment
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The process of locating, identifying, and attracting capable applicants.
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Selection Process
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The process of screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired.
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Reliability
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The degree to which a selection device measures the same thing consistently.
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Validity
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The proven relationship between a selection device and some relevant criterion.
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Performance-Simulation Test
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Selection devices that are based on actual job behaviors; work sampling and assessment centers.
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Realistic Job Preview (RJP)
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Providing both positive and negative information about the job and the company during the job interview.
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Orientation
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The introduction of a new employee to the job and the organization.
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360-Degree Appraisal
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An appraisal device that seeks feedback from a variety of sources for the person being rated.
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Discipline
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Actions taken by a manager to enforce an organization's standards and regulations.
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Employee Counseling
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A process designed to help employees overcome performance-related problems.
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Compensation Administration
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The process of determining a cost-effective pay structure that will attract and retain competent employees, provide an incentive for them to work hard, and ensure that pay levels will be perceived as fair.
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Employee Benefits
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Non-financial rewards designed to enrich employees' lives.
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Sexual Harassment
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Sexually suggestive remarks, unwanted touching and sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal and physical conduct of a sexual nature.
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Layoff-Survivor Sickness
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A set of attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of employees who remain after involuntary employee reductions; includes insecurity, guilt, depression, stress, fear, loss of loyalty, and reduced effort.
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