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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 organization's investment in attracting, retraining, 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 meet or pass a selection standard at a rate less than 80% 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 organization |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act |
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| forbids discrimination against people with disabilities |
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| amends the original civil rights 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 management 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 employers to 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 in 1935 to set up procedures for employees to vote on whether to have a union; also known as the wagner act |
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| National Labor Relations Board |
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| established by the Wagner act to enforce its provisions |
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| Labor-Management Relations Act |
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| passed in 1947 to limit union power; also known as the Taft-Hartley Act |
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| Occupational Safety and health act of 1970 (OSHA) |
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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 replacement |
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| employee information system (skills inventory) |
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| contains information on each employee's education, 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 organization |
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| getting people from outside the organization 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 organization 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 (BARS) |
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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 organization 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 organization provides to its workers |
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| a characteristic of a group or organization 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 organization to function in a diverse and multicultural workforce |
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| the process of dealing with employees who are represented by a union |
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| the process of agreeing on a satisfactory labor contract between management 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 organization are based on what they know |
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