Chapter 11 (business)

Job analysis

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A study of what employees do in a particular job is called a

Job analysis

Orientation programs include

On the job training

In the 360 degree performance review managers gather opinions from all around the employee and from all levels

360 degree performance

Understudy positions

Are apprentice like relationships within an organization

Increasing numbers of contingent workers are

Educated professionals such as accountants attorneys and engineers

Which pay system uses a tiered system of pay ranges based on know how problem solving and accountability

Hay

Mentor

Another employee who introduces lower level employees to the right people and acts as a sponsor

What decisions are affected by performance appraisals

Compensation Promotion Training

Companies are outsourcing the administration of benefit programs because the what and what of these programs have accelerated

Costs and complexity

Online training

Demonstrates how technology is improving the efficiency of many off the job training programs

Soft benefits

Help workers maintain the balance between work and family life that is often as important to hardworking employees as the nature of the job itself

The tool that lists ages names education capabilities training specialized skills and other relevant information about an organizations employee is called a

Human resource inventory

Hrm's role has grown because of

Increased recognition of employees as a resource Changes in law that rewrote old workplace practices

The choice of a compensation system is very important to managers because

It affects efficiency/productivity It affects morale and motivation

What job transfers Allow employees to develop and display new skills and learn more about the company overall instead of moving to a new firm

Lateral job transfers

Workers who are blank blank can choose their own hours interrupt work for child care or take time off for personal reasons

Home based

Cafeteria style fringe benefits

In which employees can choose the benefits they want up to a certain dollar amount

When previous performance is exceeded a gain sharing system provides

A bonus

Which tasks are apart of job analysis

Observing current employees On the job Discussing jobs with employees

Off the job training

Occurs away from the workplace and consists of internal or external programs to develop any of a variety of skills or to foster personal development

Which training and development activities are done at the company site?

On the job training Apprentice programs

Benefits have grown faster than BLANK recently and cannot really be considered fringe anymore

Pay

The ability to schedule part time workers into what demand periods is a benefit of job sharing?

Peak

The American with disabilities act if 1990 prohibits employers from discrimination against what individuals with disabilities

Qualified

Lost training costs is a factor in what employees

Terminating

Job simulation

The use if equipment that duplicates job conditions and tasks so tasks so trainees can learn skills before attempting them on the job

Vestibule training

Training done in schools where employees are taught on equipment similar to that used on the job