Definitions Flashcards
Job Analysis
A detailed study of the specific duties in a particular job and the human qualities required for that job.
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Set of organizational activities directed at attracting, developing, and maintaining an effective workforce.
Job Description
The objectives, responsibilities, and key tasks of a job; the conditions under which it will be done; its relationship to other positions; and the skills needed to perform it.
Job Specifications
The specific skills, education, and experience needed to perform a job.
Replacement Chart
An HR technique that lists each important managerial position, who occupies it, how long he or she will probably stay in it before moving on, and who (by name) is now qualified or soon will be qualified to move into it.
Employee Information Systems (Skills Inventories)
Computerized systems that contains information on each employee’s education, skills, work experience, and career aspirations.
Recruiting
The phase in the staffing of a company in which the firm seeks to develop a pool of interested, qualified applicants for a position.
Internal Recruiting
Considering present employees as candidates for job openings.
External Recruiting
Attracting people outside the organization to apply for jobs.
Internships
Short-term paid or unpaid positions where students focus on a specific project.
Validation
The process of determining the predictive value of information.
Assessment Centre
A series of exercises in which management candidates perform realistic management tasks while being observed by appraisers.
Video Assessment
Involves showing potential hires videos of realistic work situations and asking them to choose a course of action to deal with the situation.
Behaviour-Based Interviewing
An approach to improving interview validity by asking questions that focuses the interview much more on behaviour than on what a person says.
Orientation
The process of introducing new employees to the company’s policies and programs, the co-workers and supervisors they will interact with, and the nature of their job.
On-the-Job Training
Development programs in which employees gain new skills while performing them at work.
Job Rotation
A technique in which an employee is rotated or transferred from one job to another.
Off-the-Job Training
Development programs in which employees learn new skills at a location away from the normal work site.
Vestibule Training
A work simulation in which the job is performed under conditions closely simulating the actual work environment.
Management Development Programs
Development programs in which managers conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills are enhanced.
Networking
Informal interactions among managers, both inside and outside the office, for the purpose of discussing mutual problems, solutions, and opportunities.
Mentoring
Having a more experienced manager sponsor and teach a less experienced manager.
Simple Ranking Method
A method of performance appraisal that requires a manager to rank-order from top to bottom or from best to worst each member of a particular workgroup or department.
Graphic Ranking Scale
A statement or question about some aspect of an individual’s job performance for which the rater must select the response that fits best.
Critical Incident Method
A technique of performance appraisal in which raters recall examples of especially good or poor performance by an employee and then describe what the employee did (or did not do) that lead to success or failure.
Compensation
What a firm offers its employees in return for their labour.
Wages
Dollars paid based on the number of hours worked.
Salary
Dollars paid at regular intervals in return for doing a job regardless of the amount of time or output involved.
Pay Surveys
A survey of compensation paid to employees by other employers in a particular geographic area, an industry, or an occupational group.
Job Evaluation
A method for determining the relative value or worth of a job to the organization so that individuals who perform it can be appropriately compensated.
Piece-Rate Incentive Plan
A compensation system in which an organization pays an employee a certain amount of money for every unit produced.
