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Human Resource Management Final Exam
HR Management study cards for semester final exam. Sophomore/Junior level.
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Management
Undergraduate 2
05/04/2015

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Term
Human Capital
Definition
The collective value of capabilities, knowledge, skills, life experiences, and motivation of an organizational workforce.
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A Physical Asset
Definition
Name an organizational asset
Term
1. Checking References
2. Conducting interviews and tests
3. Final interviews and hiring
Definition
In selection interviewing, the HR manager is responsible for:
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Human Resource Management
Definition
The design of formal systems in an organization to manage human talent for accomplishing organizational goals.
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Unit Labor Cost
Definition
Average cost of workers divided by average levels of input equals:
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Organizational Culture
Definition
What evolves over a period of time and is constant and enduring?
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Employee and Labor Relations
Definition
One of the many functions of HR management
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Job Shifts
Definition
These are caused to reduce the number of existing employees, attract and retain employees with different capabilities
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Skill shortage
Definition
This causes inadequate supply of workers with the skills needed to perform the emerging new jobs
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Third Country National
Definition
When a citizen of one country working in a second country and employed by an organization headquarted in the first country
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Strategic Resource Allocation
Definition
The process of defining organizational strategy and allocating resources towards its achievement
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SWOT Analysis
Definition
The first stage of the strategic planning process
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1. Employee demographics
2. Career progression
3. Performance data
Definition
What are three examples of employee and organizational capability inventory?
Term
1. Outsourcing work
2. Decreasing contingent workforce
Definition
What are two common ways that HR can manage a talent shortage within a firm?
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Due Diligence
Definition
The comprehensive assessment of all aspects of the business being acquired
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HR Analytics
Definition
An evidence-based approach to making HR decisions on the basis of quantitative tools and models
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Protected Characteristics under EEO laws and regulations
Definition
1. Age
2. Color
3. Disability
4. Genetic Information
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Disparate Treatment
Definition
When members of a protected category are substantially underrepresented as a result of employment as a result of employment decisions that work to their disadvantage
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Affirmative Action
Definition
What is implemented to ensure that a company's workforce demographics reflect as closely as possible the demographics in the labor market from which workers are recruited?
Term
The Equal Pay Act
Definition
What allows differences in pay between men and women to be permitted when there is a difference in seniority, performance, and working conditions?
Term
Glass Ceiling
Definition
Discriminatory practices that have prevented women and minorities from advancing to executive-level jobs are defined as
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Reasonable Accommodation
Definition
The modification to a job or work environment that gives a qualified individual an equal employment opportunity to perform
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The Components of Training
Definition
1. Legal Awareness
2. Cultural Awareness
3. Sensitivity Training
Term
A Job
Definition
Grouping of tasks, duties, and responsibilities that constitutes the total work assignment for an employee is:
Term
Job Enlargement
Definition
Broadening the scope of a job by expanding the number of different tasks to be performed
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Job Enrichment
Definition
Increasing the depth of a job by adding responsibility for planning, organizing, controlling, or evaluating the job
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Autonomy
Definition
A job design characteristic that gives an individual freedom and discretion in the work and its scheduling
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