Human Resource Management Concepts
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What are the disciplines of HRM?

  • Talent Acquisition Performance Management Staffing Labor Laws Compensation and benefits Ethics and sustainability Safety and security People analytics
  • The legal Environment EEO, and Diversity management Staffing Training and development Employee and labor relations Compensation and benefits Safety and security Ethics and sustainability People analytics (correct)
  • The legal Environment EEO, and Diversity management Performance Management Recruitment and selection Compensation and benefits Training and development Ethics and sustainability Employee engagement People analytics
  • Performance Management Compensation and benefits Recruitment and selection Training and development Employee relations Health, safety and security Legal compliance Employee engagement
  • What are the 4 Critical dependent variables?

  • Productivity Employee Engagement Customer satisfaction. Turnover
  • Productivity Employee engagement Customer satisfaction Absenteeism
  • Productivity Employee engagement Turnover Absenteeism (correct)
  • Profitability Employee engagement Turnover Absenteeism
  • What is organizational strategy?

    The process of creating, evaluating, and implementing decisions and objectives to achieve long-term competitive success.

    What are the major components of external factors?

    <p>Customers Competition Suppliers Labor force Shareholders Society Technology The economy Government (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is workflow analysis?

    <p>Study of the way work (inputs, activities, and outputs) moves through an organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 4 Ms of Workflow analysis?

    <p>Machines Materials Manpower Money (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 5 major analysis methods?

    <p>Questionnaires Interviews Dairies Observation Subject matter expert (SME) panel (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the 4 job characteristics model?

    <p>skill variety task identity &amp; significance autonomy feedback (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is HR Forecasting?

    <p>Identifies the estimated supply and demand for the different types of human resources in the organization over some future period, based on analysis of past and present demand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the forecasting methods?

    <p>Quantitative forecasting Trend Analysis Ratio analysis Regression analysis (B), Quantitative forecasting Trend Analysis Ratio analysis Regression analysis (C), Quantitative forecasting Trend Analysis Ratio analysis Regression analysis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some considerations for internal recruitment?

    <p>Open, targeted, or closed Promotable ratings and managerial sponsorship advantages and disadvantages (A), Open, targeted, or closed Promotable ratings and managerial sponsorship advantages and disadvantages (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is external recruitment?

    <p>The process of seeking new employees from outside the firm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does UGESP stand for?

    <p>Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the steps that make up the training process?

    <p>Assessment Objectives Selection Implementation Evaluation (A), Assessment Objectives Selection Implementation Evaluation (B), Assessment Objectives Selection Implementation Evaluation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is needs assessment?

    <p>The process of identifying and prioritizing the learning needs of employees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the steps that make up the performance appraisal process?

    <p>Job analysis Develop standards and measurement methods of communication Informal PA and coaching Prepare for and conduct formal PA (A), Job analysis Develop standards and measurement methods of communication Informal PA and coaching Prepare for and conduct formal PA (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some performance appraisal methods?

    <p>Ranking Method Graphics rating scales form BARS form Narrative method or form MBO method Critical incidents method (A), Ranking Method Graphics rating scales form BARS form Narrative method or form MBO method Critical incidents method (B), Ranking Method Graphics rating scales form BARS form Narrative method or form MBO method Critical incidents method (C), Ranking Method Graphics rating scales form BARS form Narrative method or form MBO method Critical incidents method (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the levels of evaluation methods?

    <p>reaction learning behaviors results (A), reaction learning behaviors results (B), reaction learning behaviors results (C), reaction learning behaviors results (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some common success measures?

    <p>Return on investment (ROI) employee satisfaction customer satisfaction (A), Return on investment (ROI) employee satisfaction customer satisfaction (B), Return on investment (ROI) employee satisfaction customer satisfaction (C), Return on investment (ROI) employee satisfaction customer satisfaction (D), Return on investment (ROI) employee satisfaction customer satisfaction (E)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some common methods of employee development?

    <p>Formal Education - courses and degree programs. Experience - job-related experiences, e.g., job rotation. Employee assessments - reveal how employees think, interact with others, and manage their actions and emotions. Psychological assessments - reveal employees' style of thinking, interaction, management, and leadership. Emotional intelligence assessments - reveal how employees identify, understand, and use emotions to promote working relationships. (A), Formal Education - courses and degree programs. Experience - job-related experiences, e.g., job rotation. Employee assessments - reveal how employees think, interact with others, and manage their actions and emotions. Psychological assessments - reveal employees' style of thinking, interaction, management, and leadership. Emotional intelligence assessments - reveal how employees identify, understand, and use emotions to promote working relationships. (B), Formal Education - courses and degree programs. Experience - job-related experiences, e.g., job rotation. Employee assessments - reveal how employees think, interact with others, and manage their actions and emotions. Psychological assessments - reveal employees' style of thinking, interaction, management, and leadership. Emotional intelligence assessments - reveal how employees identify, understand, and use emotions to promote working relationships. (C), Formal Education - courses and degree programs. Experience - job-related experiences, e.g., job rotation. Employee assessments - reveal how employees think, interact with others, and manage their actions and emotions. Psychological assessments - reveal employees' style of thinking, interaction, management, and leadership. Emotional intelligence assessments - reveal how employees identify, understand, and use emotions to promote working relationships. (D), Formal Education - courses and degree programs. Experience - job-related experiences, e.g., job rotation. Employee assessments - reveal how employees think, interact with others, and manage their actions and emotions. Psychological assessments - reveal employees' style of thinking, interaction, management, and leadership. Emotional intelligence assessments - reveal how employees identify, understand, and use emotions to promote working relationships. (E)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some benefits of a strong onboarding program?

    <p>help retain employees create better culture enhance cultural fit with new hires (A), help retain employees create better culture enhance cultural fit with new hires (B), help retain employees create better culture enhance cultural fit with new hires (C), help retain employees create better culture enhance cultural fit with new hires (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some key concepts of emotional intelligence?

    <p>self-awareness self-management (A), self-awareness self-management (B), self-awareness self-management (C), self-awareness self-management (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is active listening?

    <p>The intentional ability to listen to others, use the content and context of the communication and respond appropriately</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is recruiting?

    <p>The process of developing a pool of qualified job applicants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the labor market?

    <p>The term for the external pool of candidates from which we draw our recruits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a Realistic Job Preview (RJP)?

    <p>A review of all of the tasks and requirements of the job, both good and bad</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is yield ratio?

    <p>Is a calculation of how many people make it through the recruiting step to the next step in the hiring process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is AI incapable of supporting due to its lack of advancement?

    <p>Analyzing speaking voices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of technology is an HRM using when they are unable to see how various results are weighed in a recruiting system?

    <p>Black-Box Technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The digital divide can cause an inadvertent disparate impact when it comes to the recruitment process.

    <p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the steps involved in the Message-Sending Process Model?

    <p>Step 1: Develop rapport Step 2: State your communication objective Step 3: Transmit your message Step 4: Check for understanding Step 5: Get a commitment and follow up. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is feedback?

    <p>The receiver's response to a message</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is paraphrasing?

    <p>Restating the person's message in your own words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a questionnaire?

    <p>A written set of questions to be answered by employees to rate satisfaction positive/negative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the FACES scale?

    <p>A measure of job satisfaction in which raters place a mark under a facial expression that is most similar to the way they feel about their jobs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are pulse surveys?

    <p>Short single question that may pop up on employees' computer screens at random times.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the National Labor Relations Act?

    <p>A 1935 law, also known as the Wagner Act, that guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining sets down rules to protect unions and organizers, and created the National Labor Relations Board to regulate labor-management relations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Labor Management Relations Act?

    <p>Prohibits certain unfair union practices such as closed shops. Allowed individual states to pass right-to-work laws</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act?

    <p>Aimed at eliminating corruption in labor unions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)?

    <p>Gives employees 60 days advance notice in case of plant closings or layoffs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some Conflict Management Styles?

    <p>Forcing Collaborating Compromising Avoiding Accommodating (A), Forcing Collaborating Compromising Avoiding Accommodating (B), Forcing Collaborating Compromising Avoiding Accommodating (C), Forcing Collaborating Compromising Avoiding Accommodating (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is compensation?

    <p>The total of an employee's pay and benefits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Compensatory selection model?

    <p>Model allowing an individual to do poorly on one test but make up for that poor grade by doing exceptionally well on other tests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are conceptual and design skills?

    <p>The ability to evaluate a situation, identify alternatives, select a reasonable alternative, and make a decision to implement a solution to the problem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is construct validity?

    <p>An assessment that measures a theoretical concept or trait that is not directly observable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Corporate Social Responsibility?

    <p>The concept that organizations have a duty to all societal stakeholders to operate in a manner that takes each of their needs into account</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a cost center?

    <p>A division or department that brings in no revenue or profit for the organization—running this function only costs the organization money</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is criterion-related validity?

    <p>An assessment of the ability of a test to measure some other factor related to the test</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Critical-incidents method?

    <p>A performance appraisal method in which a manager keeps a written record of positive and negative performance of employees throughout the performance period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is data analytics?

    <p>Process of accessing large amounts of data in order to analyze those data and gain insight into significant trends or patterns within organizations or industries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a defined-benefit plan?

    <p>A plan providing the retiree with a specific amount and type of benefits that will be available when the individual retires</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is delayering?

    <p>The process of changing the company structure to get rid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    HRM Disciplines

    • Legal Environment, EEO, and Diversity Management
    • Staffing
    • Training and Development
    • Employee and Labor Relations
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Safety and Security
    • Ethics and Sustainability
    • People Analytics

    Critical Dependent Variables

    • Productivity
    • Employee Engagement
    • Turnover
    • Absenteeism

    Organizational Strategy

    • Creating, evaluating, and implementing decisions and objectives for long-term success.

    External Factors

    • Customers
    • Competition
    • Suppliers
    • Labor Force
    • Shareholders
    • Society
    • Technology
    • The Economy
    • Government

    Workflow Analysis

    • Studying how work flows through an organization (inputs, activities, outputs).

    Workflow Analysis "4 Ms"

    • Machines
    • Materials
    • Manpower
    • Money

    Workflow Analysis Methods

    • Questionnaires
    • Interviews
    • Diaries
    • Observation
    • Subject Matter Expert (SME) panel

    Job Characteristics Model

    • Skill Variety
    • Task Identity & Significance
    • Autonomy
    • Feedback

    HR Forecasting

    • Estimating the supply and demand for human resources over a future period, based on past and present data.

    Forecasting Methods

    • Quantitative Forecasting
    • Trend Analysis
    • Ratio Analysis
    • Regression Analysis

    Recruiter Considerations

    • Policies
    • Internal vs. External Recruitment
    • Recruiting Sources

    Internal Recruitment

    • Open, Targeted, or Closed
    • Promotable Ratings and Managerial Sponsorship
    • Advantages and Disadvantages

    External Recruitment

    • Process of seeking new employees from outside the firm.

    Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP)

    • Guidelines for employee selection practices.

    Training Process

    • Assessment
    • Objectives
    • Selection
    • Implementation
    • Evaluation

    Needs Assessment

    • Identifying and prioritizing employee learning needs.

    Performance Appraisal Process

    • Job Analysis
    • Establishing Standards and Measurement Methods
    • Informal Appraisal and Coaching
    • Formal Appraisal Preparation and Conduct

    Performance Appraisal Methods

    • Ranking Method
    • Graphic Rating Scales
    • Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS)
    • Narrative Method
    • Management by Objectives (MBO)
    • Critical Incidents Method

    Evaluation Levels

    • Reaction
    • Learning
    • Behavior
    • Results

    Success Measures

    • Return on Investment (ROI)
    • Employee Satisfaction
    • Customer Satisfaction

    Employee Development Methods

    • Formal Education (courses, degree programs)
    • Experience (job rotation)
    • Employee Assessments (thinking, interaction, emotion management)
    • Psychological Assessments (thinking style, interaction, management, leadership)
    • Emotional Intelligence Assessments (emotional identification, understanding, use)

    Onboarding Program

    • Retention improvement
    • Culture creation
    • Cultural fit enhancement

    Emotional Intelligence Concepts

    • Self-Awareness
    • Self-Management

    Active Listening

    • Intentional listening, using message content and context.

    Recruiting

    • Developing a pool of qualified applicants.

    Labor Market

    • External pool of potential applicants.

    Internal Recruiting

    • Identifying qualified employees from within the firm or their networks.

    External Recruiting

    • Engaging individuals from outside the firm to apply for positions.

    Realistic Job Preview (RJP)

    • Comprehensive overview of job tasks and requirements, including positive and negatives.

    Yield Ratio

    • Calculation of applicants progressing through recruiting steps.

    AI Limitations

    • Analyzing speaking voices (not advanced enough).

    Black-Box Technology

    • Recruiting software where the weighting of various factors isn't clear.

    Digital Divide and Recruitment

    • Digital divide can cause unintentional disparate impact.

    Message-Sending Process

    • Developing rapport
    • Communicating objective
    • Transmitting message
    • Checking understanding
    • Gaining commitment and following up

    Feedback

    • Receiver's response to a message.

    Paraphrasing

    • Restating a message in different words.

    Retentive Listening

    • Comprehending and remembering the message.

    Questionnaire

    • Written questions for employee satisfaction ratings.

    FACES Scale

    • Job satisfaction measure using facial expressions.

    Pulse Surveys

    • Short, frequent, single-question surveys on employee sentiment.

    National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

    • Protects workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively; created the NLRB.

    Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA)

    • Restricts certain union activities (e.g., closed shops); allows right-to-work laws.

    Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)

    • Aims to eliminate corruption in labor unions.

    Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

    • Requires 60-day notice of plant closings or layoffs.

    Conflict Management Styles

    • Forcing
    • Collaborating
    • Compromising
    • Avoiding
    • Accommodating

    Compensation

    • Total employee pay and benefits.

    Compensatory Selection Model

    • Allows for poor performance on one test to be offset by strong performance on others.

    Conceptual and Design Skills

    • Evaluating situations, identifying alternatives, selecting, and implementing solutions.

    Construct Validity

    • Measurement of a theoretical concept that's not directly observable.

    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

    • Duty to all stakeholders to meet their needs.

    Cost Center

    • Division or department that generates no revenue.
    • Assessing a test's ability to measure other related factors.

    Critical Incidents Method

    • Documenting positive and negative employee performance.

    Data Analytics

    • Analyzing large datasets to find trends and patterns.

    Defined-Benefit Plan

    • Retirement plan specifying a fixed benefit amount.

    Delayering

    • Reducing vertical hierarchy (reporting levels).

    Disparate Impact

    • Unintentional discrimination.

    Disparate Treatment

    • Intentional discrimination.

    Divergent Thinking

    • Finding many possible solutions to a problem.

    Economic Value Added (EVA)

    • Company profits exceeding the cost of capital.

    Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

    • Programs for employees with work or personal problems.

    Employee Engagement

    • Job satisfaction, ability, and willingness to perform.

    Wage Compression

    • Narrowing pay gap between experienced and new employees due to higher starting pay.

    Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Advantages

    • Prohibits child labor (under 16)
    • Requires overtime pay for nonexempt employees

    FLSA Exemptions

    • Restaurant servers
    • Fishing guides
    • Boat salespeople? (check if this is an accurate statement)

    FLSA Willful Violation Penalties

    • False (penalties exist, but not likely $15,000 per violation and imprisonment).

    Comparable Worth Laws Advantages

    • Reduce gender pay gap.

    Staffing Specialty

    • Recruiting, selecting, and onboarding employees.

    Labor Relations Specialty

    • Measuring and evaluating employee satisfaction and engagement.

    Organizational Success & Employee Experience

    • Empathizing with employees
    • Involving employees in solutions

    Business Skill Example

    • Analyzing profit and loss statements.

    HR Business Skill

    • Contributing to organizational profitability.

    Conceptual HR Skill

    • Understanding the "bigger picture" of organizational operations.

    Interpersonal HR Skill

    • Understanding, communicating, and building relationships with others.

    Talent Sourcing

    • Modern HR actively seeks out talent.

    Social Media and Performance Management

    • Social media has made performance management more efficient.

    Modern HRM Data Deficiency

    • Data and people analytics are still lacking.

    Knowledge Workers Shortage

    • Organizations lack knowledge workers for complex jobs.

    Cost Leadership Strategy

    • Hiring skilled workers and improving their efficiency.

    Differentiator Strategy

    • Adaptability, innovation, problem-solving, in uncertain environments.

    SWOT Weakness

    • Lack of experienced workers.

    Organizational Vision

    • Not specific; describes a desired future.

    Organizational Structure - Centralization

    • Decision-making concentrated in executive leadership.

    Organizational Structure - Organic

    • Employees readily handle tasks outside their job scope.

    Organizational Culture - Assumptions

    • Ideas so deeply ingrained they are not questioned.

    Bureaucratic Organization and Training

    • Specific, tailored training programs tailored to jobs.

    OUCH Test Violation (Uniformity)

    • Rules not applied uniformly to all employees.

    Consistent Effect (Employment Test)

    • Test used as a legit measure of ability to fulfill essential job functions.

    Constructive Discharge

    • False; constructive discharge involves creating a hostile work environment

    #MeToo Movement Impact

    • Social media complaints
    • Immediate termination of perpetrators

    Knowledge-based Workforce Needs

    • Hiring employees with needed skills and knowledge to adapt to competition.

    External Factors Influencing Talent Sourcing

    • Labor force

    Vision Definition

    • Organization's desired future.

    Societal Influence

    • Society determines acceptable business practices.

    Cost Leadership Market Strategy

    • Low pricing, self-assembly.

    I-9 Form

    • Employee verification form.

    Facebook Recruitment Advantage

    • Accessing a larger pool of national talent.

    Updated Job Specification Benefit

    • Defining a suitable applicant profile for a position.

    Diverse Candidate Attraction Factor

    • Addressing social factors to attract a diverse pool.

    Negligent Hire Liability

    • Current employer is primarily liable.

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    This quiz covers essential concepts in Human Resource Management, including legal aspects, staffing, training, employee relations, and more. It also explores critical dependent variables affecting organizational performance and examines workflow analysis methods and job characteristics. Test your knowledge of HRM principles to enhance your understanding of effective management strategies.

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