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HRM
Human Resource Manageemnt |
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| the process of finding, developing, and keeping the right people top form a qualified work force |
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BFOQ
Bona fide occupational qualification |
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reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business
ie, hiring a mechanic to do a preacher job |
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| prohibits unequal pay for males and females doing substantially similiar work |
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| Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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| Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin |
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| Age dicrimination act of 1967 |
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| prohibits discrimination in employment decisions agaianst persons ager forty and older |
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| pregnancy discrimination act of 1978 |
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| prohibits discrimination against pregnant women |
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| american disabilities act of 1990 |
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| prohibits discrinimation on the basis of physical or mental disabilities |
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| strengthened the provisions of the civil rights act of 1964 by providing for jury trials and punitive damages |
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| family and medical leave act of 1993 |
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| permits workers to take up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave for pregnancy and or birth of a new child, adoption or foster care of a new child, illness of an immediate family member or personal medical leave |
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| uniformed services employment an reemployment rights act of 1994 |
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| prohibits discrimination agaianst those in the armed forces reserve the national guard or other uniformed servcies, guarantees that civilian employers will hold and then restore civilian jobs and benefits for those who have completed uniformed servcie |
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| one of the most important guidlines issued by the EEOC |
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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection procedures
define desparate treatment and adverse impact |
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| what is disparate treatment or adverse impact? |
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| determines if a company have engaged in discrimintory hiring and promotion practices |
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| intentiioanl discrimination, when people are not intentionally given the same hiring promotion or membership opportunities as other employees becasue of their race, color, religion, sex...etc |
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unintentional discrimination
occurs when members of a particular race sex, or ethnic group are unintentionally harmed or disadvantaged becasue they are hired, promoted, or trained at substantially lower rates than others |
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| hostile work environment` |
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| occurs when unwelcome and demeaning sexually related behavior creates an intimidating , hostile, and offensive work environment |
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| what should you do when sexual harassment occurs? |
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make sure there is an immediate response
clear and understandable sexual harrassment policy that is stringly worded, give specific examples
clear reporting procedure |
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| purposeful, systematic process for collecting information on the important work related aspects of a job |
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| 4 kinds of information from a job analysis |
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work activities
tools and equipment used
context of which the job is perfromed
personnel requirements |
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| procedure for advertising jobb openings within the company to existing employees |
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| office/clerical and production servcie employees use mostly |
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referrals
walk-ins
newspaper
state employment agencies |
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| professional and techncial employees |
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newspaper advertisements
college recruiting
internet |
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| process of gathering information about job applicants to decide who should be offered a job |
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process of determining how well a selection test or procedure predicts future job performance.
the better or more accurate the prediction of future job performance the more valid the test |
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measure the extent to which an applicant possesses the particula
kind of ability needed to do a job well
also called aptitude tests |
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| measure the extent to which applicants have abilities in perceptual speed, verbal, comprehension, numerical aptitiude, general reasoning and spatial aptitude |
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| biographical data, or biodata |
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| extensive surbeys that ask applicants questions about their personal backgrounds and life experiences |
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| performance tests require applicants to peform tasks that are actually done on the job |
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| paper and pencil test in which an applicant is given a managers in basket containing memos, organizational policies,a nd other communciations |
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| leaderless group discussion |
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| a group of six applicants is given approximately 2 hours to solve a problem, but no one is in charge |
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| standardized interview questions are prepared ahead of time so that all applicants are asked the same job related questions |
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| advantage of structured interviews |
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| comparing applicant is easier |
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| 4 kinds of question in a structured interview |
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situational questions:new graduates
background questions: experienced
job knowledge questions:demonstrate job knowledge
behavioral questions:experienced past jobs how they did the job |
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| semistructured interviews |
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| probe into ambiguous or missing portion of the interview |
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