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Describes the skills, abilities and qualifications require for a job

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Job specification

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The evaluation of the duties required by a particular job and skills required to perform it is referred to as

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Job analysis

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Money paid for time worked

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Wages

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Special payments such as a certain dollar amount of goods per year and paid above an employees salary, are referred to as

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Bonuses

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Links salary increases to performance levels

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Merit salary systems

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Employer paid time off for holidays and vacations, health, life and disability insurance to workers and counseling services for employees are exps of

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Benefits

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Legally mandated nondiscrimination on the basis of race creed, sex or national origin

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Equal employment opportunity

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Activities directed at attracting, developing, maintaining an effective workplace

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Human Resource Management

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Are critical for effective organizational functioning

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Human resources

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Increase legal complexities
recognition of the value of HR in improving productivity
Awareness of the costs associated with poor HRM

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Growth in importance for HRM

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Lists of duties and responsibilities of a Job

Tells you what is the Job

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Job description

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Tells you what are the skills needed for the job

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Job specification

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Needs to forecast both internal and external supply of employees

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Forecasting HR demand and supply

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Number/type of people who will be in the format of a future event

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Forecasting internal supply

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Key employees only

Back up/contingency plan employees that are set to coach ones that will be promote if CEO died

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Replacement charts

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All employees
A database that has all the skills, programs that employees have that doesn’t involve their job
Often stored in a information system

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Employee skills inventory

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Both involves promoting

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Replacement charts and employee skills inventory

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Number/type of people who will be available of hiring from labor market at large

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Forecasting external supply

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Not replacing employees who quit

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Attrition

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Firing you for cause

Because you did something wrong

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Termination

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Promotions from within

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Internal recruiting

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Changing your job but with the same skills

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Lateral Move

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Considering present employees as candidates for openings

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Internal Recruiting

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Seeking new hires
Retraining and transferring present employees
Installing more productive system

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Alleviating Shortfalls

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Attrition Encouraging early retirement Laying off personnel Termination
Managing overstaffing
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Closed position
Laying off personnel
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Attracting people outside of the organization to apply for jobs Employment agencies
External recruiting
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A company that recruites jobs for other companies
Employment agencies
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A advertisement that advertises the job but doesn't say the companies name
Blind advertisements
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If a ad says their hiring a fashion designer but doesn't say for who is exp of
Blind advertisements
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A advertisement that advertises the job and mentions the company
Open advertisement
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A job ad that says Calvin Klein hiring a accountant is exp of
Open advertisement
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Why do companies use a blind ad?
So it won't let the person who has the job to know your hiring someone else to take their position
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Drug tests Physical examinations Drug tests Polygraph tests are all...
Selecting human Resources Techniques
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Legal document with your signature | Asks applicant for information such as background, experience and education
Application
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Selection technique most Likely to introduce bias(meaning judging)
Interviews
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When are tests illegal?
When the tests don't measure the ability of what the job is
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Why do companies drug test?
Because people who do drugs cost more money on health insurance
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Occurs while the employee is at his or her place of work
On the job training
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Controlled environment
Off the job training
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Offers and allows for focused study without interruption
Controlled environment
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A type of realistic training in a stimulated off the job environment A formal off the job training
Vestibule training
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Pilot training Flight attended And bus drive training is exp of
Vestibule training
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Begins with the defining of performance standards (a review of employee)
Performance Appraisal
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When legally performance appraisal begin?
When meseaurable standards are defined
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A consultant gets paid for a project done but if they don't get a project done they don't get the money is exp of
Wages
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You get money paid the same amount regardless of how many hours you get
Salary
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Type of salary increase
COLA
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What does COLA stand for
Cost Of Living Adjustment
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Employers offer a raise of 2% for just being a human being
COLA
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What's the problem of COLA?
Everyone doesn't deserve the same amount of money
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Special pay programs designed to motivate high performance
Incentive programs
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Based on how hard you work
Merit salary systems
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Free Stock | Incentive pay for distributing bonuses to employees when company profits rise above a certain level
Profit sharing plans
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Mandatory (required by law)
Benefit programs Social security and retirement benefits Workers compensation insurance
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Discretionary (optional)
Health, life and disability insurance Vacation and holidays Employee assistance programs Retirement (pension plans) 401K
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What is cafeteria benefit plans?
Allows you to pick and choose what benefits you would want based cafeteria plan
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What are the pros for the employee using a cafeteria benefit plan?
They get to choose which benefits they want to get
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What are the cons for the employer using cafeteria benefit plan?
It can be expensive because all these different people are on different plans
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What do employee assistance programs do?
It helps you be a more productive employee
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If you have depression the company will offer you a counselor this is exp of
Employee assistance programs
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What does EAP stand for
Employee Assistance Programs
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Name the employee assistance programs employers might offer
``` Counseling Child care Senior care Legal services Health lifestyles Pet care Financial services ```
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What does EEO stand for
Equal employment opportunity laws
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Protect workers from unfair or inappropriate discrimination in workplace
EEO
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Federal policy about employment discrimination
EEOC
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Individuals sharing common characteristics as defined by law Race,color, religion, gender, age, disability and status s. military veteran
Protected classes in the workplace EEOC
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Federal agency that enforces discrimination related law | Agency that overseas the law
EEOC
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The law itself
EEOP
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What does stand for EEOC?
Equal employment opportunity commission
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Workplaces must be safe must not be hazards
OSHA
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Covers pregnancy, cancer, mental impairments | Depression, physical disabilities
ADA
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Sexual favors are requested in return for job related benefits
Quid pro quo
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Equal employment opportunity is legally mandated nondiscrimination
EEOC
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Workplace truanted by off-color jokes, lewd comments or actions decorate the work environment with inappropriate photographs may create a hostile work environment for a female
Hostal work environment
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You can quit your job anytime and employer can fire you at anytime without telling you why
Employment at will

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