HCAD 710 EXAM 1 CH 1,3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025
human resources - ANSWERSOften shortened to HR
HR - ANSWERSmay be referred to as a function.- Department is synonymous with being a function.
-started as an employment office to free up managers responsibility of hiring employees and tim...
HR - ANSWERSmay be referred to as a function.- Department is synonymous with being a function.
-started as an employment office to free up managers responsibility of hiring employees and time.
employment office origin - ANSWERS- up until WWII people rarely changed jobs
-in a small business hiring required little supervising time
-need for employees arose as organization expanded
-initially a part time clerk hired to help out with paperwork
Employment office - ANSWERS-became a fulltime position as work increased
-clerks from many areas brought in to work in one place
-supervisor appointed to oversee activities of clerks
- this led to consistency in hiring practices
first personnel managers - ANSWERSsupervisors of first employment offices
paymaster - ANSWERSworked for business units or departments. ensured employees were paid
payroll - ANSWERSpaymasters grouped into single office as tasks and scope of position expanded.
eventually assigned to personnel. now usually outsourced
payroll complexities - ANSWERSWhithholding became necessary due to government regulations
HR operation when payroll was assigned to personnel
-payroll commonly outsourced
, -scope of payroll has continued to expand
Fringe benefits - ANSWERScreated to entice workers to stay with their employers
-assigned to personnel
-worker compensation and retirement
Union Relations - ANSWERS-laws created that gave employees opportunities to form unions
-complexities of dealing with unions assigned to personnel
-eventually handed to HR as the title changed from personnel to HR
Training programs - ANSWERScreated to respond to civil rights act passage to keep employees up to date
on procedures, as well to respond to the growing demand for people with expertise
Organizational issues - ANSWERSHr presents an enigma to many executives
-Hr provides services to free up the time of employees in other departments
-HR doesnt generate revenue and seen as second class
-HR managers paid less than organizational peers
HR Name - ANSWERStitle reflects diversity of duties and importance of its contribution to an
organization
Acceptance of HR - ANSWERSefforts of HR are appreciated
-Few managers would willingly take on the HR tasks
-Scope of Hr likely to expand in the coming years
Proprietors - ANSWERSused to do everything in a business. could be the business owner or a sr member
employee
1980s - ANSWERSthe year the HR name change became most prevalent
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