managing the Human Resource flow

Question 1

reasons to recruit staff

Answer 1

• business expansion
• existing employees leaving
• business needs employees with new skills

Question 2

adv and disadv for people working part time as an employer

Answer 2

adv-
- cheaper to employ as entitled to less benefits
- wide range of potential recruits

disadv-
- employees feel less loyal to business = less motivated

Question 3

recruitment methods

Answer 3

internal recruitment
- jobs given to staff already employed by business e.g promotion

external recruitment
- job centres
- job advertisements

Question 4

internal recruitment adv and disadv

Answer 4

adv-
cheaper and quicker to recruit
- ppl already familiar with business and ho it operates

disadv -
- creates another vacancy = needs to be filled
- no new ideas can be introduced from outside

Question 5

external recruitment adv and disadv

Answer 5

adv -
- outside ppl bring in new ideas
- ppl = wide range of experience

disadv -
longer process
more expensive = advertisements , interviews

Question 6

adv of training , for business

Answer 6

• better productivity
• higher quality
• less supervision needed

Question 7

why does a business need training

Answer 7

• improve productivity
• be able to give higher customer service
• intro of new tech

Question 8

why may a business neglect training

Answer 8

• minimise short term costs
• fear that employees will be poached by competitors, and competitors will benefit from skills taught

Question 8

on the job training

Answer 8

• receives training while at the workplace

adv
- cost effectvive
- training alongside real colleagues
- employees= productive

disadv =
potentail distruption to production

Question 9

off the job training

Answer 9

training = happens away from work place

adv-
- get wide range of skills

disadv -
more expensive e.g trasnsport accompanied
- lost working time and output from employee

Question 10

redeployment

Answer 10

moving employees to diff jobs or departments, but in some business