Chap 5 Def

Question 1

Human Resource Planning*

Answer 1

Ensure that an organization has people available who have the right competencies, and that these people are being effectively utilized in the right capacities in order for the company to achieve its desired objectives

Question 2

Recruitment*

Answer 2

Process of locating and encouraging people to apply for jobs

Question 3

Selection*

Answer 3

Process of choosing individuals who have relevant qualifications and who will best prform on the job to fill existing or projected job openings

Question 4

Reliability*

Answer 4

degree to which interviews, tests and other selection procedures yield comparable data over time and by alternative measures

Question 5

Validity*

Answer 5

How well a test or selection procedure measures a persons attribute

Question 6

Behavioural description interview*

Answer 6

Question about what a person did in a given situation