Human Resource Management Test 1 (Chapters 1-4) Study Guide Questions And Actual Answers.
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Human Resource Management
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Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management - Answer Activities designed to provide for and coordinate the human resource of an organization.
Human Resource Functions - Answer Tasks and duties human resource managers perform.
Talent Management - Answer The broad spectrum of HR activities involved in o...
Human Resource Management Test 1
(Chapters 1-4) Study Guide Questions
And Actual Answers.
Human Resource Management - Answer Activities designed to provide for and coordinate the human
resource of an organization.
Human Resource Functions - Answer Tasks and duties human resource managers perform.
Talent Management - Answer The broad spectrum of HR activities involved in obtaining and managing
the organization's human resources.
Operating Manager - Answer Person who manages people directly involved with the production of an
organization's products or services.
Human Resource Generalist - Answer Person who devotes a majority of working time to human
resource issues, but does not specialize in any specific area.
Human Resource Specialist - Answer Persona specifically trained in one or more areas of human
resource management
HR certification - Answer A career-long commitment that shows others in your organization that you
have mastered the principles of human resources
Downsizing - Answer laying off large numbers of managerial and other employees
Outsourcing - Answer Subcontracting work to an outside company that specializes in that particular
type of work.
Rightsizing - Answer Continuous and proactive assessment of mission-critical work and its staffing
requirements.
, Reengineering - Answer Fundamental rethinking and radical design of business processes to achieve
dramatic improvements in cost, quality, service and speed.
Telecommuting - Answer Working at home by using an electronic linkup with a central office
Empowerment - Answer Form of decentralization that involves giving subordinates substantial
authority to make decisions.
Self-managed work teams - Answer groups of peers are responsible for a particular area or task
Metrics - Answer Any set of quantitative measures used to assess workforce performance
HR scorecard - Answer A measurement and control system that uses a mix of measures and qualitative
measures to evaluate performance
Communication - Answer transfer of information that is meaningful to those involved
Data - Answer raw material from which information is developed; composed of facts that describe
people, places, things or events and that have not been interpreted
information - Answer data that have been interpreted and that meet a need of one or more managers
equal employment opportunity - Answer the right of all people to work and to advance on the basis of
merit, ability, and potential
equal pay act - Answer prohibits 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 - Answer keystone federal legislation that covers disparate
treatment and disparate impact discrimination; created the equal employment opportunity commission.
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