aligning HR activities with company correct answers -making HR efforts consistent with organizational efforts to improve productivity
-ensuring staffing, training, and development, performance management compensation, and other HR activities are not working to offset productivity.
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aligning HR activities with company correct answers -making HR efforts consistent with
organizational efforts to improve productivity
-ensuring staffing, training, and development, performance management compensation, and
other HR activities are not working to offset productivity.
roles for HR departments correct answers administrative
operational and employee advocacy
strategic
administrative HR role correct answers focusing on clerical admin and record-keeping, including
essential legal paperwork and policy implementation
operational and employee advocacy HR role correct answers managing most HR activities in
keeping with the strategies and operations that have been identified with management and
serving as employee "champion" for employee issues and concerns
strategic HR role correct answers helping to define the business strategy relative to human
capital and its contribution to organization results
issue of retiring workers and how to replace them correct answers -older workforce, soon going
to retire, go to part time, and shifting their employment
-replace with contingent workers (temp workers, independent contractors, leased employees, and
part timers)
--used to replace full time workers who are often paid less than old ones
HR competencies correct answers -strategic knowledge and awareness of its potential impact
-legal, administrative, and operational capabilities
-knowledge of technology and the ability to use it
HR careers correct answers HR generalist- a person who has responsibility for performing a
variety of HR activities
HR specialist- individuals who have an in-depth knowledge and expertise in specific areas of HR
HR planning process correct answers 1. consider organizational plans and environmental
analysis to understand situation in which HR is operating
a. SWOT analysis
b. Evaluate available workforce by identifying both the external and internal workforce
2. forecasts must be developed to determine demand ans supply of HR
a. formulate HR plans and actions to address imbalances short and long term
3. HR plans are developed to provide direction for the recruiting, selection, and retention
a. is successful when consistent alignment of the availabilities and capabilities of HR with the
needs of the org over time
, HR analytics correct answers is an evidence-based approach to making HR decisions on the basis
of quantitative tools and models (ways to report certain metrics)
-no standard way to do this, mgrs decide
important metrics correct answers retention and employee satisfaction
benchmarking correct answers the process of comparing the business metrics and outcomes to an
industry standard or best practice
balanced scorecard correct answers framework that organizations use to report on a diverse set of
performance measures
equal employment opportunity (EEO) correct answers means that employment decisions must be
made on the basis of job requirements and worker qualifications
protected characteristics of the EEO correct answers race, age, sex, disability, or religion
Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ) correct answers provides a legitimate reasons
for an employer to exclude persons on otherwise illegal bases of consideration
civil rights 1964, title VII correct answers illegal for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or
dischange any individual or discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
-15 or more employees
-pub and private educations + employment agencies
-state and local
-unions with 15 or more members
civil rights act 1991 correct answers allows for jury trials and damages payable to successful
plaintiffs in discrim cases
-relates to how EEO laws are applied globally
discrimination based on sex/gender correct answers -pregnancy
-equal pay and equity
-sexual orientation
pay equity correct answers the idea that pay should be similar for jobs requiring comparable
levels of knowledge, skill, and ability, even if actual duties differ significantly
nepotism correct answers the practice of showing favoritism to relatives at work
sexual harassment correct answers the unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of sexual
nature that affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment
quid pro quo correct answers Harassment in which employment outcomes are linked to granting
sexual behaviors
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