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| human resource management (HRM) |
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| the set of organizational activities directed at attracting, developing, and maintaining an effective workforce |
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| reflects the org.'s investment in attracting, retaining, and motivating an effective workforce |
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| Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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| forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin in all areas of the employment relationship |
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| when minority group members pass a selection standard at a rate less than 80 percent of the pass rate of majority group members |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity commission |
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| charged with enforcing Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 |
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| age discrimination in employment act |
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| outlaws discrimination against people older than forty years; passed in 1967 amended in 1978 and 1986 |
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| intentionally seeking and hiring qualified or qualifiable employees from racial sexual and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the org |
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| americans with disabilities act |
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| prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities |
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| amends the orginil act, making it easier to bring discrimination lawsuits, while also limiting punitive damages |
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| sets a minimum wage and requires overtime pay for work in excess of 40 hours per week; passed in 1938 and amended frequently since then |
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| requires that men and women be paid the same amount for doing the same job |
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| employee retirement income security act of 1974 (ERISA) |
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| a law that sets standards for pension plan mgmt and provides federal insurance if pension funds go bankrupt |
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| family and medical leave act of 1993 |
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| requires that employers provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family and medical emergencies |
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| national labor relations act |
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| passed in1935 to set up procedures for employees to vote on whether to have a union; also known as wagner act |
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| national labor relations board (NLRB) |
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| est. by wagner act to enforce its provisions |
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| passed in 1947 to limit union power; also knows as the taft-hartly act |
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| OSHA (occupational safetty and health act of 70) |
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| directly mandates the provision of safe working conditions |
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| a systematized procedure for collecting and recording information about jobs within an organization |
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| lists each important managerial position in the organization, who occupies it, how long he or she will probably remain in the position, and who is or will be a qualified replacemenet |
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| employee information system (skills inventory) |
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| contains info on each employees edu, skills, experience, and career aspirations; usually computerized |
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| the process of attracting individuals to apply for jobs that are open |
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| considering current employees as applicants for higher-level jobs in the org |
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| getting people from outisde the org. to apply for jobs |
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| realistic job preview (RJP) |
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| provides the applicant with a real picture of what it would be like to perform the job that the org is trying to fill |
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| determining the extent to which a selection device is really predictive of future job performance |
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| teaching operational or technical employees how to do the job for which they were hired |
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| teaching managers and professionals the skills needed for both present and future jobs |
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| a formal assessment of how well an employee is doing his or her job |
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| behaviorally anchored rating scale |
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| a sophisticated rating method in which supervisors construct a rating scale associated with behavioral anchors |
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| a performance appraisal system in which managers are evaluated by everyone around them- their boss, their peers, and their subordinates |
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| the financial remuneration given by the org. to its employees in exchange for their work |
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| an attempt to assess the worth of each job relative to other jobs |
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| things of value other than compensation that an org provides to its workers |
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| a characteristic of a group or org. whose members differ from one another along one or more important dimensions, such as age, gender, or ethnicity |
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| diversity and multicultural training |
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| training that is specifically designed to better enable members of an org. to function in a diverse and multicultural workforce |
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| the proccess of dealing with employees who are represented by a union |
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| the process of agreeing on a satisfactory labor contract between mgmt and a union |
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| the means by which a labor contract is enforced |
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| workers whose contributions to an org are based on what they know |
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