MGT 300
Human resource management - ANS the process of planning for, attracting, developing, and
retaining an effective workforce
Strategic HRM Process - ANS the process of designing and implementing systems of policies
and practices that align an organization's human capital with its strategic objectives
Job Analysis, job description, and job specification including review videos - ANS refer to
textbook Ch. 9 and blackboard notes
internal recruiting - ANS the process of developing a pool of qualified job applicants from
people who already work in the company
External recruitment - ANS the process of seeking new employees from outside the firm
effective recruiting methods - ANS refer to textbook ch. 9
Selection process - ANS screening of applicants to hire the best candidate (can you believe we
pay thousands of $$$'s to learn this shit?)
unstructured interview - ANS no fixed set of questions and no systematic scoring procedure
involves asking probing questions to find out what the applicant is like
structured interview - ANS involves asking each applicant the same questions and comparing
their responses to a standardized set of answers
situational interview - ANS the interviewer focuses on hypothetical situations (once had an
interviewer ask me "how do you put a giraffe in a fridge?" To this day I have no idea why)
behavioral-description interview - ANS the interviewer explores what applicants have actually
done in the past
employment tests including linked video - ANS standardized devices organizations use to
measure specific skills, abilities, and traits (idk what the f*ck the linked video is)
compensation - ANS Three parts
1. wages and salaries
2. incentives
3. benefits
, Benefits - ANS non cash compensation, including programs such as health insurance,
vacation, etc. (I remember learning this word on my 3rd grade vocab quizzes)
orientation, training, and development including the development process and types of learning
- ANS couldn't find it in the textbook so find it yourself you dork
performance appraisal process - ANS basically a performance review:
a management process that consists of assessing employees performance and providing
feedback
Promotions - ANS if you don't know this I think shelton state is still accepting applications
transfer - ANS moving an employee to a different job with similar responsibilities
discipline - ANS if you f*ck around at work you'll be reprimanded, possibly fired
Dismissals/lay offs - ANS firing an employee essentially
exit interviews - ANS a formal conversation b/t a representative of the organization and a
departing employee to find out why they're leaving and to learn about potential problems in the
org.
legal issues of HRM - ANS refer to ch. 9 of the textbook
Workplace discrimination - ANS Occurs when employment decisions about people are made
for reasons not relevant to the job, such as race, religion, gender, political affiliation, sexuality,
etc. (the ONLY acceptable form of workplace discrimination is against Mississippi State fans,
ROLL TIDE!)
Affirmative Action - ANS focuses on achieving equality of opportunity within an organization
sexual harassment - ANS consists of unwanted sexual attention that creates an adverse work
environment (think Penn State football)
The Nature of Change in Organizations - ANS refer to page 422 in the textbook
reactive change - ANS making changes in response to problems or opportunities as they arise
planned change - ANS change activities that are intentional and goal oriented
Force for change: outside vs. inside - ANS refer to page 424 in the textbook (too much shit to
type out)
Lewin's Change Model - ANS unfreezing, changing, refreezing (pg. 428)
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