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What is the definition of performance management and its purpose? - ANSWERthe process through which managers ensure that employees' activities and outputs contribute to the organization's goals What are the steps in the performance management process? How is this different from the traditional model? - ANSWER1) Define performance outcomes for company division and department 2) Develop employee goals, behavior, and actions to achieve outcomes 3) Provide support and ongoing performance ...

What was early HR used for? - ANSWERworker and management issues and to prevent unionization Human Resource Management - ANSWER-the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance -"people practices" HRM Practices - ANSWER1) Analysis and design of work 2) HR Planning 3) Recruiting 4) Selection 5) Training and Development 6) Performance Management 7) Compensation 8) Employee Relations What can good HRM practices lead to...

What are the origins of human resources? - ANSWER The modern concern from managing workers came from the Industrial Revolution What happened with the Triangle factory fire and how has that affected the workplace? - ANSWERYoung girls were killed in a fire due to conditions and this brought awareness to the public and changed a lot of regulations for worker safety Human Resource Management - ANSWERPolicies, procedures, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitues and performan...

performance management - ANSWERthe process through which managers ensure that employees' activities and outputs contribute to the organization's goals, this process requires knowing what activities and outputs are desired, observing whether they occur and providing feedback to help employees meet expectations simple ranking - ANSWERmethod of performance measurement that requires managers to rank employees in their group from the highest performer to the poorest performer force-distri...

Be able to identify and explain the four steps approaches to employee development - ANSWER1) Interpersonal Relationships 2) Formal Education 3) Job Experiences 4) Assessment Know MBTI concepts from class exercise and text - ANSWERMyers-Briggs Type Indicator Energy (Extrovert or Introvert) Information Gathering (Sensing or Intuitive) Decision Making (Thinking or Feeling) Lifestyle (Judging or Perceiving) Know the strategies of job experience used in employee development. - ANSWERJo...

How has HR evolved? How has its role changed? - ANSWERChanged from operational/traditional to strategic (it's good and we know it, to it's valuable and we show it!) Define HRM and how it contributes to an organization's performance - ANSWERThe strategies, policies, practices, and systems that influence employees': behavior, attitudes, and performance. -Analysis and design of work -HR planning -Recruiting -Selection -Training and development -Compensation -Performance manage...

Origins of Human Resources - ANSWER-Originated in the Industrial Revolution, power had shifted (created a need for management practices) -First HR department was BF Goodrich in 1900 -1902: National Cash Register Company become second HR department (formerly personnel) -Growth of HR departments from 5% to 50% of companies from Shift from 20th to 21st Century - ANSWER-Pyramid to network structured organization -Internal to External focus -Structured to Flexible style -Mass production to ...

Definition of HR management - ANSWERdesigning management systems to ensure that human talent is used in an effective and efficient way in order to achieve organizational goals. seven categories of HR Management Functions - ANSWER1. global: STRATEGIC HR 2. Environmental: EEO 3. cultural/geographical: STAFFING 4. political: TALENT MANAGEMENT 5. legal: TOTAL REWARDS 6. economic: RISK MANAGEMENT AND WORKER PROTECTION 7. technological: EMPLOYEE & LABOR RELATIONS Strategic HR - ANSWER-HR ...

What are the origins of human resources? How has HR evolved over the last century? How has the workplace changed and the perception of worker value? - ANSWERHR has its origins in China in the form of employee screenings. Pre-Industrial Revolution: autonomy, self-management, flexible, work at home, individual income. Post IR: inflexible work, no autonomy or self-management. The industrial revolution, shift from work at home to the factory. Initially was about strict discipline (foreman's empir...

Turnover Classifications - ANSWERInvoluntary; Voluntary (Functional; Dysfunctional (Unavoidable and avoidable)) Employment At-Will - ANSWERIf there is no specific employment contract saying otherwise, the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any time Outcome Fairness - ANSWERDepends on their judgment that the consequences of a decision to employees are just Procedural Justice - ANSWERJudgment that fair methods were used to determine the consequences an employee rec...