10 HRM:  activities involving acquiring, maintaining, and developing an organization’s people

 

Google– how does this company recruit?

 

 

Is a human resources position line or staff?

 

 

Is today’s labor market advantageous to the employee or to the employer?

 

 

A.  Cultural Diversity

                What are five reasons why diversity makes sense?

 

 

 

 

B.  Job Analysis:  Systematic procedure for identifying key elements and requirements of jobs

               

                *  Job Description:  List of the elements that make up a job (what you have to do)

 

 

                *  Job Specification:  List of qualifications required to do the job (what you have to know)

 

 

C.  Recruiting, Selecting, and Orientation

                1.  Recruiting

 

                                *  Outside the company

 

                                                Wal-Mart and Edward Jones 

                                *  Inside the company

 

 

 

 

                2.  Selection:  gathering info about applicants and then using that info to choose the most appropriate applicant

                                *  Applications

 

 

                                *  Tests

 

 

                                *  Interviews

 

 

                                *  References

 

 

                                *  Assessment Centers

 

 

                3.  Orientation

 

 

 

D.  Compensation/Benefits

                1.Compensation Decisions

                                *  Wage level, wage structure, and individual wages

 

 

 

                                *  Comparable Worth

 

 

 

                                *  Types of Compensation

 

 

 

                2.  Benefits

 

 

 

E.  Training and Development

                1.  Needs Assessment

 

 

 

                2.  Methods

 

 

 

F.  Performance Appraisal

1.  Techniques

 

2.  Feedback

 

G.  Legal

                *  Fair Labor Standards Act

 

                *  Equal Pay Act

 

                *  Civil Rights Act

 

                *  Age Discrimination Act

 

                *  Affirmative Action

 

                *  ADA

 

*  Occupational Safety and Health Act