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Test bank For Human ResourceManagement Test 1 (Chapters 1-4)13th
Edition by Hermann Schwind
Human Resource Management - ANSActivities designed to provide for and coordinate the
human resource of an organization.
Human Resource Functions - ANSTasks and duties human resource managers perform.
Talent Management - ANSThe broad spectrum of HR activities involved in obtaining and
managing the organization's human resources.
Operating Manager - ANSPerson who manages people directly involved with the production of
an organization's products or services.
Human Resource Generalist - ANSPerson who devotes a majority of working time to human
resource issues, but does not specialize in any specific area.
Human Resource Specialist - ANSPersona specifically trained in one or more areas of human
resource management
HR certification - ANSA career-long commitment that shows others in your organization that you
have mastered the principles of human resources
Downsizing - ANSlaying off large numbers of managerial and other employees
Outsourcing - ANSSubcontracting work to an outside company that specializes in that particular
type of work.
Rightsizing - ANSContinuous and proactive assessment of mission-critical work and its staffing
requirements.
Reengineering - ANSFundamental rethinking and radical design of business processes to
achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality, service and speed.
Telecommuting - ANSWorking at home by using an electronic linkup with a central office
Empowerment - ANSForm of decentralization that involves giving subordinates substantial
authority to make decisions.
, Self-managed work teams - ANSgroups of peers are responsible for a particular area or task
Metrics - ANSAny set of quantitative measures used to assess workforce performance
HR scorecard - ANSA measurement and control system that uses a mix of measures and
qualitative measures to evaluate performance
Communication - ANStransfer of information that is meaningful to those involved
Data - ANSraw material from which information is developed; composed of facts that describe
people, places, things or events and that have not been interpreted
information - ANSdata that have been interpreted and that meet a need of one or more
managers
equal employment opportunity - ANSthe right of all people to work and to advance on the basis
of merit, ability, and potential
equal pay act - ANSprohibits sex-based discrimination in rates of pay for men and women
working on the same or similar jobs
title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 - ANSkeystone federal legislation that covers disparate
treatment and disparate impact discrimination; created the equal employment opportunity
commission.
disparate treatment - ANSintentional discrimination; treatment of one class of employees
differently from other employees
disparate impact - ANSunintentional discrimination involving employment practices that appear
to be neutral but adversely affect a protected class of people
age discrimination in employment act (ADEA) - ANSprohibits discrimination against employees
over 40 years of ages by all companies employing 20 or more people in the private sector
rehabilitation act of 1973 - ANSprohibits discrimination against handicapped individuals
handicapped individual - ANSperson who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more of major life activities, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as
having such an impairment
Vietnam-Era Veterans readjustment assistance act of 1974 - ANSprohibits federal government
contractors and subcontractors with federal government contracts of $10,000 or more from
discriminating in hiring and promoting Vietnam and disabled veterans
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