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| Human Resource Management |
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| Formal systems for the management of people within an organization. |
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| The knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees that have economic value. |
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| A tool for determining what is done on a given job and what should be done on that job. |
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| The development of a pool of applicants for jobs in an organization. |
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| Choosing from among qualified to hire into an organization. |
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| Selection technique that involves asking all applicants the same questions and comparing their responses to a standardized set of answers. |
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| A managerial performance test in which candidates participate in a variety of exercises and situations. |
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| The consistency of test scores over time and across alternative measurements. |
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| The degree to which a selection test predicts or correlates with job performance. |
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| The process of helping people who have been dismissed from the company regain employment elsewhere. |
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| The legal concept that an employee may be terminated for any reason. |
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| A discussion between a manager and employee about the employee's dismissal. |
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| When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on protected group. |
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| Teaching lower-level employees how to perform their present jobs. |
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| Helping managers and professional employees learn the broad skills needed for their present and future jobs. |
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| An analysis identifying the jobs, people, and departments for which training is necessary. |
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| Training designed to introduce new employees to the company and familiarize them with policies. procedures, culture, and the like. |
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| Training that provides employees with skills and perspectives they need to collaborate with others. |
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| Programs that focus on identifying and reducing hidden biases against people with difference and developing the skills needed to manage a diversified workforce. |
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| Assessment of an employees job performance. |
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| A process in which objectives set by a subordinate and a supervisor must be reached within a given time period. |
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| Process of using multiple sources of appraisal to gain comprehensive perspective on one's performance. |
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| Cafeteria Benefit Program |
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| An employee benefit program in which employees choose from a menu of options to create a benefit package tailored to their needs. |
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| Flexible Benefit Programs |
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| Benefit programs in which employees are given credits to spend on benefits that fit their unique needs. |
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| Principle of equal pay for different jobs of equal worth. |
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| The system of relations between workers and management. |
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| The use of a neutral third party to resolve a labor dispute. |
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| An organization with a union and a union security clause specifying that workers must join the union after a set period of time. |
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| Legislation that allows employees to work without having to join a union. |
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