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Human Resource Management Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Human Resource Management - Answer-All management decisions and practices that directly affect or influence the people who work for an organization, such as payroll or hiring process. In this you hire individuals, develop them...

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Human Resource Management Exam 1
Study Guide with Complete Solutions


Human Resource Management - Answer✔✔-All management decisions and practices that

directly affect or influence the people who work for an organization, such as payroll or hiring

process. In this you hire individuals, develop them, and then you maintain them.


Origins of the Human Resource Function - Answer✔✔-The term HR Management emerged

during the 1970's. Before that it was referred to as the "Personnel Department or Employment

Department".




As we moved from the small family business in the country, to big companies in the city, thanks

to the industrial revolution, there became a need for all the managers to organize all the people

and resources. At this point they were more concerned with how to cut costs than with

employee needs. That changed as companies continued to grow, bringing a need for more

specialized managers to deal with the employee needs. Started in 1900 with BF Goodridge,

which was the first company to establish an employment department, which dealt with

employee concerns. In 1914 Ford Motor Company discovered the need for specialized help. In

1913 they were paying there unskilled employees just $2.34 for a 9 hour work day, which

caused them to have a 400% employee turnover rate. To combat this, they increased the rate of

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pay to $5 for an 8 hour work day in 1914. Ford had to create an employment department to

deal with the influx of new applicants and help manage the existing workforce.


industrial psychology - Answer✔✔-During Roaring 20's ( 1920's) we started to see a number of

physical, mental, and personality tests coming out of WWI. Each of these tests became very

popular in determining job performance. Today this is a very specialized area called _________

psychology.


Industrial or Labor Relations - Answer✔✔-Area of HR that deals with employee unions. Came

about during the 1940's in the great depression.


Legislative Decades of the 1960's to the present - Answer✔✔-Huge amount of government

legislation of businesses to protect employees, such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963 or the

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or the Affordable Care Act we are dealing with right

now.


Workforce Changes 1980's to present - Answer✔✔-Increase in layoffs, downsizing,

offshoring(sending jobs overseas) and decrease in companies loyalties to their employees and

vice versa


HR Planning & Analysis - Answer✔✔-You have to be able to anticipate issues that will influence

your organization's future HR related needs and you have to plan for them appropriately. Ex.

What if you were about to build a new facility. Some questions for HR to figure out the answers

to are: how soon will they need employees for that building, are employees even available in




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our current labor market, do we have people in our current labor market who are trained

appropriately, do we need to find people who may not have the skills ad train them now?


Equal Employment Opportunity - Answer✔✔-The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) administers and

ensures Agency compliance with the laws, regulations, policies, and guidance that prohibit

discrimination in the Federal workplace based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender,

age, disability, genetic information, or reprisal.


Staffing - Answer✔✔-Involves looking for potential employees and interviewing them and then

picking the right person for the job.


HR Training and Development - Answer✔✔-Once you hire someone, you have to take steps to

keep their knowledge and skills up to date. This helps make your company more productive and

helps employees stay more marketable. Employees really appreciate this, which encourages

loyalty to the company.


Compensation - Answer✔✔-Not just about a weekly paycheck. Involves developing pay systems,

implementing incentive programs, trying to handle the ever increasing costs of benefits. This is

a speciality area of HR that requires a great deal of training.


Health & Safety - Answer✔✔-In most companies HR is responsible for making sure employees

work in a safe environment.


Employee Relations - Answer✔✔-Involves handling various employee issues relating to

discipline, and rules and policies.


Labor Relations - Answer✔✔-Involves dealing with unions.
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