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ch.6 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| human resources management (HRM) | the management funciton concerned with getting, training, motivating, and keeping competent employees. |
| affirmative action programs | programs that ensure that decisions and practices enhances the employment, upgrading and retention of members of protected groups. |
| work councils | groups of nominated or elected employees who must be consulted when management makes decisions involving personnel. |
| board representatives | employees who sit on a company's board of directors and represent the interest of employees. |
| employee planning | the process by which managers ensure they have the right numbers and kinds of people in the right places at the right time. |
| human resources inventory | a report listing important info about employees such as name, education, training, skills, languages spoken, and so forth. |
| job analysis | an assessment that defines jobs and the behaviors neccessary to perform them. |
| job description | a written statement that describes a job. |
| job specification | a written statement of the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to perform a given job successfully. |
| recruitment | locating, identifying, and attracting capable applicants. |
| selection process | screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired. |
| reliability | the degree to which a selection device measures the same thing consistently. |
| validity | the proven relationship between a selection device and some relevent criterion. |
| performance-simulation tests | selection devices based of actual job behaviors. |
| realistic job preview (RJP) | a preview of a job that provides both positive and negative info about the job and the company. |
| orientation | introducing a new employee to the job and organization. |
| employee training | a learning experience that seeks a relatively permanent change in employees by imporoving their ability to perform on the job. |
| perfomance management system | a system that establishes perfomance standards that are used to evaluate employee performance. |
| 360-degree appraisal | an appraisal device that seeks feedback from a variety of sources for the person being rated. |
| discipline | actions taken by a manager to enforce an organization's standards and regulations. |
| employee counseling | a process designed to help employees overcome performance-related problems. |
| compensation administration | the process of determining a cost-effective pay structure that will attract and retain employees, provide an incentive for them to work hard, and ensure that pay levels will be perceived as fair. |
| skill-based pay | a pay system that rewards employees for the job skills they demonstrate. |
| variable pay | a pay system in which an individual's compensation is contigent on performance. |
| employee benefits | nonfinancial rewards designed to enrich employees' lives. |
| downsizing | the planned elimination of jobs in an organization. |
| layoff-survivor sickness | a set of attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of employees who survive layoffs. |
| sexual harassment | any unwanted action or activity of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, performance, or work environment. |
| workplace spirituality | a spiritual culture where organizational values promote a sense of purpose through meaningful work that takes place in the context of community. |
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