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Importance of HRM (3 reasons)

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  1. Can be a significant source of competitive advantage as various studies have concluded., 2. Important part of org strategies, 3. Impacts organizational performance
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High-performance Work Practices

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Work practices that lead to both high individual and high organizational performance

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External Factors That Affect the HRM Process

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The Econ’s Effect on HRM, Employee Labor Unions, Legal Environment of HRM, Demographic Trends

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Labor Union

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Organization that represents workers and seeks to protect their interests through collective bargaining

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Affirmative Action

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Organizational programs that enhance the status of members of protected groups

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Work Councils

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Nominated or elected employees who must be consulted when mgmt makes decisions involving personnel

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Board Representatives

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Employees who sit on a company’s BoD and represent the interests of the firm’s employees

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Human Resource Planning

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Process by which managers ensure that they have the right number and kinds of capable people in the right places and at the right times

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2 Steps of HR Planning

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  1. Assessing Current HR, 2. Meeting future HR needs
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Job Analysis (Current Assessment of HR)

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Assessment that defines a job and the behaviors necessary to perform it

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Using info from the Job Analysis, managers develop/revise ____ and ____

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Job Description, Job Specification

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Job Description

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Written statement describing a job (content, environment, and conditions of employment)

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Job Specification

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States the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to successfully perform a given job (knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed)

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Future HR Needs are determined by the org’s ____, ___, ___

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mission, goals, strategies

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Recruitment See: Page 320 Exhibit 12-4 Recruiting Sources

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Locating, identifying, and attracting capable applicants

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Decruitment See: Page 320 Exhibit 12-5 Decruitment Options

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Reducing an organization’s workforce

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Selection See: Page 321 Exhibit 12-6

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Screening job applicants to determine who is best qualified for the job

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Valid Selection Device

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Characterized by a proven relationship between the selection device and some relevant criterion

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Reliable Selection Device

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Measures the same thing consistently

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Selection Tools - See: Page 322 Exhibit 12-7

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N/A

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Realistic Job Previews (RJP)

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Includes both positive and negative info about the job and the company

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Providing Employees with Needed Skills and Knowledge

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Orientation, Employee Training

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Types of Orientation

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Work unit orientation (familiarize with the goals of the work unit, how the job contributes to the work unit’s goals, and an intro to coworkers) and Organization Orientation (company’s goals, history, Philosophy, Procedures and Rules, relevent HR Policies)

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Types of Employee Training See: Page 325, Exhibit 12-8

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General and Specific

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Training Methods (Under Employee Training) See: Page 326 Exhibit 12-9

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N/A

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Retaining Competent, High-Performing Employees

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Employee Performance Mgmt, Compensation and Benefits

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Performance Mgmt System

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Establishes performance standards that are used to evaluate employee performance

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Skill-based Pay

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Pay system that rewards employees for the job skills they can demonstrate

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Variable Pay

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Pay system in which an individual’s compensation is contingent on performance

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Downsizing

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(Layoff) Planned elimination of jobs in an org

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Sexual Harassment

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Any unwanted action/activity of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, performance, or work environment

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Family-Friendly Benefits

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Benefits that accommodate employees’ needs for work-life balance

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HR Costs

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Employee Health Care Costs, Employee Pension Plan Costs