HR management exam 1

Quid pro quo

- something given in exchange or return for something else. - Sexual harassment in which the harasser request sexual activity from the harassee in exchange for workplace benefits.

HRIS

HR Info system, system record. Responsible for keeping data on employees.

Equal employment opportunity commission

The equal right of all citizens to the opportunity to obtain employment regardless of their gender, age, race, country of origin, religion, or disabilities.

4/5ths rule

There is disparate impact if the hiring rate for a protected group is less than 4/5's (80%) of the hiring rate for the majority group

Title VII of Civil Rights Act

- 1964 - prohibits discrimination in employment based on five criteria: race, color, religion, gender, or national origin

Salary surveys

- A questionnaire sent to other organizations to see how much they are paying their employees in positions similar to those in the organization sending the survey

Advantages and disadvantages of using internal candidates for vacant positions

- Advantages o Cost effective, existing employees now company operations and culture, advancement opportunities motivate employees, performance data available for applicants. - Disadvantage o Create new vacancy, employees too entrenched in current operations and culture to make changes needed, employees not selected may become problematic/leave, existing employees may not have needed skills

At will employment relationship

- An employer/employee can terminate employment with or without notice and with or without cause for any reasons except unlawful. - All states except Montana

Succession planning

- Concept of taking actions to ensure staff can move up in management roles within organization, order to replace those managers who retire or move to other opportunities. - Process ensuring suitable supply of successors for current and future senior or key jobs so that the careers of individuals can be effectively planned and managed.

Uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures

- Established 1978 - Applies all agencies, contractors, subcontractors with 15+ employees - Establishes central set of rules and method for employers to operate in compliance with Title VII and other employment regulation - Defense minimum qualifications for each and every position that public agencies seek to fill. - Requires gov't agencies to justify job relatedness of any minimum qualification or job requirement

Disparate treatment

- Exists when individuals in similar situations are treated differently and different treatment is based on race, color, religions, sex, national origin, age, disability status

Sexual harassment complaint procedures

- Fair procedure investigate charges of sexual harassment should ensure that the alleged harasser are treated fairly.

Recruiting purpose

- Find widest pool of applicants to provide greatest opportunity to select best people for required roles in an organization

Bona fide occupational qualification

- Identifiable characteristics reasonably necessary to the normal operation of a particular business. These characteristics can include gender, national origin, and religion, but not race.

Job analysis

- Identifies tasks, duties, responsibilities that make up a job and knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform job

Scatter plot

- Illustrates relationship between 2 factors: measure of business activity and staffing levels

O*net

- Occupational information network - Comprehensive, interactive database developed by US department of Labor to identify and describe important info about occupations, worker characteristics, work skills and training requirements

disparate impact

- Occurs when facially neutral employment practice disproportionately excludes a protected group from employment opportunities.

Human Resource planning

- Process of analyzing and identifying the need for and availability of human resources so that the organization can meet its objective. - How hiring company is going to grow (hiring, training)

Ratio analysis

- Process of reviewing historical data and calculating proportions between business factor and number of employees needed.

Trend analysis

- Process that accurately predicts labor demand for next year using lead indicators

Executive order 11246

- Sept. 24, 1965 - Requires all federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in affirmative action programs designed to hire and promote women and minorities. Cannot discriminate race, religion, color, sex, national origin

A SWOT Matrix is composed of four cells for the four types of strategies it creates.

- Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - threats

Employee referrals in recruiting

- Tend to be relatively fast and inexpensive, although some organizations reward employees quite generously for making successful referrals.

Job descriptions

- Written description of basic tasks, duties, responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job

Position analysis questionnaire

- a standardized job analysis questionnaire containing 194 questions about work behaviors, work conditions, and job characteristics that apply to a wide variety of jobs

Age discrimination in employment act

1967 law that prohibits discrimination of employees 40 years and up.

time HR takes a first look at resume

30 seconds

Civil rights act of 1991

Amends the original Civil Rights Act, making it easier to bring discrimination lawsuits while also limiting punitive damages

What would court more favorable look upon?

Look to see what did do before going to

BSOA

Most qualified individual

Behavioral interview is an open-end question?

Not a yes/no question

Americans with disabilities act

Passed by Congress in 1991, this act banned discrimination against the disabled in employment and mandated easy access to all public and commerical buildings.

quid pro quo

This orbthat. Sexual harassment in workplace

Affirmative action plans

Written plans for recruiting and hiring minorities and females. These plans, which are required of government contractors and subcontractors, must contain goals and timetables for achieving them.

What aspects of HR do managers most become involved in?

hiring

Human resource management

the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance