Management Chapter 11

Management 3202 with Grubb at East Carolina University

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Job Analysis

Process of determining, through observation and study, the pertinent information relating to the nature of a specific job.

Job Description

A written statement that identifies the tasks, duties, activities, and performance results required in a particular job. Should be used to develop fair and comprehensive compensation and reward systems.

Job Specification

Written statement that identifies the abilities, skills, traits, and attributes necessary for successful performance in a particular job.

Skills Inventory

Consolidates information about the organization's current human resources.

Human Resource Planning

Also referred to as personal planning, involves getting the right number of qualified people into the right jobs at the right time.

Human Resource Forecasting

Process that attempts to determine the future human resource needs of the organization in light of the organization's objectives.

Transition

The organization determines how it can obtain the quantity and quality of human resources it needs to meet its objectives as reflected by the human resource forecast.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The right of all people to work and to advance on the bases of merit, ability, and potential.

Recruitment

Involves seeking and attracting a supply of people from which qualified candidates for job vacancies can be selected.

Temporary Help

People working for employment agencies who are subcontracted out to businesses at an hourly rate for a period of time specified by the businesses

Employee Leasing Companies

Provides permanent staffs at customer companies

Affirmative Action Plan

Written document outlining specific goals and timetables for remedying past discriminatory actions

Reverse Discrimination

Providing preferential treatment for one group over another group rather than merely providing equal opportunity

Tests

Provide a sample of behavior used to draw interferences about the future behavior or performance of an individual.

Aptitude Tests

Measure a person's capacity or potential ability to learn

Psychomotor Tests

Measure a person's strength, dexterity, and coordination

Job Knowledge Tests

Measure the job-related knowledge possessed by a job applicant

Proficiency Tests

Measure how well the applicant can do a sample of the work that is to be performed

Interest Tests

Determine how a person's interests compare with the interests of successful people in a specific job

Psychological Tests

Attempt to measure personality characteristics

Polygraph Tests

Record physical changes in the body as the test subject answers a series of questions

Test Validity

Extent to which a test predicts a specific criterion

Test Reliability

Consistency or reproductivity of the results of a test

About this deck

By: Alex Horner
Created: 2011-06-07
Size: 23 flashcards
Views: 10

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