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Define human resource management (HRM)

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human resource management is the process of attracting, developing, and maintaining a high-quality workforce

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Define human capital

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human capital is the economic value of people with job-relevant abilities, knowledge, ideas, energies, and commitments

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What does strategic human resource management do?

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strategic human resource management mobilizes human capital to implement organizational strategies

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Define job discrimination

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job discrimination occurs when someone is denied a job or job assignment for non-job-relevant reasons

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Define equal employment opportunity (EEO)

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equal employment opportunity is the right to employment and advancement without regard to race, sex, religion, color, or national origin

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Define affirmative action

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affirmative action is an effort to give preference in employment to women and minority group members

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Define bona fide occupational qualifications

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bona fide occupational qualifications are employment criteria justified by capacity to perform a job

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Define employee privacy

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employee privacy is the right to privacy on and off the job

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Define pay discrimination

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pay discrimination occurs when men and women are paid differently for doing equal work

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Define pregnancy discrimination

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pregnancy discrimination penalizes a women in a job or as a job applicant for being pregnant

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Define age discrimination

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age discrimination penalizes an employee in a job or as a job applicant for being over the age of 40

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What is the process of attracting, developing, and maintaining a high-quality workforce?

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human resource management (HRM)

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What is the economic value of people with job-relevant abilities, knowledge, ideas, energies, and commitments?

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human capital

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What mobilizes human capital to implement organizational strategies?

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strategic human resource management

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What occurs when someone is denied a job or job assignment for non-job-relevant reasons?

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job discrimination

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What is the right to employment and advancement without regard to race, sex, religion, color, or national origin?

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equal employment opportunity (EEO)

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What is an effort to give preference in employment to women and minority group members?

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affirmative action

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What is employment criteria justified by capacity to perform a job?

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bona fide occupational qualifications

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What is the right to privacy on and off the job?

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employee privacy

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What occurs when men and women are paid differently for doing equal work?

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pay discrimination

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What penalizes a women in a job or as a job applicant for being pregnant?

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pregnancy discrimination

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What penalizes an employee in a job or as a job applicant for being over the age of 40?

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age discrimination

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Define person-job fit

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person-job fit is the match of individual skills, interests, and personal characteristics with the job

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Define person-organization fit

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person-organization fit is the match of individual values, interests, and behavior with the organizational culture

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Define recruitment
recruitment is a set of activities designed to attract a qualified pool of job applicants
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What does a realistic job preview do?
a realistic job preview provide job candidates with all pertinent information about a job and organization
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Define selection
selection is choosing whom to hire from a pool of qualified job applicants
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What does reliability mean?
reliability means that a selection device gives consistent results over repeated measures
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What does validity mean?
validity means that scores on a selection device have demonstrated links with future job performance
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What does an assessment center do?
an assessment center examines how job candidates handle simulated work conditions
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What does work sampling do?
work sampling evaluates applicants as they perform actual work tasks
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What does socialization do?
socialization systematically influences the expectations, behavior, and attitudes of new employees
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Define coaching
coaching occurs as an experienced person offers performance advice to a less experienced person
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Define mentoring
mentoring assigns early-career employees as protégés to more senior ones
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Define reverse mentoring
in reverse mentoring younger and newly hired employees mentor senior executives, often on latest developments with digital technologies
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Define performance appraisal
performance appraisal is the process of formally evaluating performance and providing feedback to a job holder
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What is a graphic rating scale?
a graphic rating scale is a checklist of traits or characteristics to evaluate performance
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What is behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)?
a behaviorally anchored rating scale is a specific descriptions of actual behaviors to rate various levels of performance
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What does a critical-incident technique do?
a critical-incident technique keeps a log of someone’s effective and ineffective job behaviors
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Define 360° feedback
360° feedback includes superiors, subordinates, peers, and even customers in the appraisal process
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Define multiperson comparison
a multiperson comparison compares one person’s performance with that of others
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Define career development
career development is the process of managing how a person grows and progresses in a career
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Define career planning
career planning is the process of matching career goals and individual capabilities with opportunities for their fulfillment
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What is the match of individual skills, interests, and personal characteristics with the job?
person-job fit
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What is the match of individual values, interests, and behavior with the organizational culture?
person-organization fit
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What is a set of activities designed to attract a qualified pool of job applicants?
recruitment
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What provide job candidates with all pertinent information about a job and organization?
realistic job preview
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What is choosing whom to hire from a pool of qualified job applicants?
selection
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What means that a selection device gives consistent results over repeated measures?
reliability
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What means that scores on a selection device have demonstrated links with future job performance?
validity
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What examines how job candidates handle simulated work conditions?
assessment center
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What evaluates applicants as they perform actual work tasks?
work sampling
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What systematically influences the expectations, behavior, and attitudes of new employees?
socialization
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What familiarizes new employees with jobs, co-workers, and organizational policies and services?
orientation
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What occurs as an experienced person offers performance advice to a less experienced person?
coaching
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What assigns early-career employees as protégés to more senior ones?
mentoring
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What is younger and newly hired employees mentor senior executives, often on latest developments with digital technologies?
reverse mentoring
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What is the process of formally evaluating performance and providing feedback to a job holder ?
performance appraisal
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What is a checklist of traits or characteristics to evaluate performance?
graphic rating scale
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What is a specific descriptions of actual behaviors to rate various levels of performance?
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
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What keeps a log of someone’s effective and ineffective job behaviors?
critical-incident technique
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What includes superiors, subordinates, peers, and even customers in the appraisal process?
360° feedback
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What compares one person’s performance with that of others?
multiperson comparison
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What is the process of managing how a person grows and progresses in a career?
career development
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What is the process of matching career goals and individual capabilities with opportunities for their fulfillment?
career planning
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What does orientation do?
orientation familiarizes new employees with jobs, co-workers, and organizational policies and services
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What does work-life balance involve?
work-life balance involves balancing career demands with personal and family needs
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What are independent contractors?
independent contractors are hired on temporary contracts and are not part of the organization’s permanent workforce
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Define contingency workers
contingency workers work as needed and part-time, often on a longer-term basis
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Define merit pay
merit pay awards pay increases in proportion to performance contributions
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Define bonus pay
bonus pay plans provide one-time payments based on performance accomplishments
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Define profit sharing
profit sharing distributes to employees a proportion of net profits earned by the organization
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Define gain sharing
gain sharing allows employees to share in cost savings or productivity gains realized by their efforts
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Define stock options
stock options give the right to purchase shares at a fixed price in the future
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Define fringe benefits
fringe benefits are nonmonetary forms of compensation such as health insurance and retirement plans
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Define family-friendly benefits
family-friendly benefits help employees achieve better work-life balance
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Define flexible benefits
flexible benefits are programs that allow choice to personalize benefits within a set dollar allowance
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Define employee assistance programs
employee assistance programs help employees cope with personal stresses and problems
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Define labor union
a labor union is an organization that deals with employers on the workers’ collective behalf
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Define labor contract
a labor contract is a formal agreement between a union and an employer about the terms of work for union members
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Define collective bargaining
collective bargaining is the process of negotiating, administering, and interpreting a labor contract
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Define two-tier wage systems
a two-tier wage system pay new hires less than workers already doing the same jobs with more seniority
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What involves balancing career demands with personal and family needs?
work-life balance
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Who are hired on temporary contracts and are not part of the organization’s permanent workforce?
independent contractors
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Who work as needed and part-time, often on a longer-term basis?
contingency workers
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What awards pay increases in proportion to performance contributions?
merit pay
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What plans provide one-time payments based on performance accomplishments?
bonus pay
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What distributes to employees a proportion of net profits earned by the organization?
profit sharing
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What allows employees to share in cost savings or productivity gains realized by their efforts?
gain sharing
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What give the right to purchase shares at a fixed price in the future?
stock options
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What are nonmonetary forms of compensation such as health insurance and retirement plans?
fringe benefits
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What help employees achieve better work-life balance?
family-friendly benefits
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What programs that allow choice to personalize benefits within a set dollar allowance?
flexible benefits
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What help employees cope with personal stresses and problems?
employee assistance programs
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What is an organization that deals with employers on the workers’ collective behalf?
labor union
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What is a formal agreement between a union and an employer about the terms of work for union members?
labor contract
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What is the process of negotiating, administering, and interpreting a labor contract?
collective bargaining
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What pay new hires less than workers already doing the same jobs with more seniority?
two-tier wage systems

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