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A comprehensive overview of key concepts in human resource management, focusing on job analysis, design, and selection processes. It explores the importance of work flow analysis, job characteristics model, and various methods for conducting job analysis. The document also delves into different approaches to job design and redesign, highlighting the significance of external factors affecting the recruiting process. Additionally, it covers various selection methods, including skills tests, personality tests, and interviews, emphasizing the importance of pre-employment inquiries and legal considerations. The document concludes with an examination of hr forecasting and its role in predicting future hr needs.
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Negligent Hire - ✔️ ✔️ A legal concept that says if the organization hires someone who may pose a danger to coworkers, customers, suppliers, or other third parties, and if that person then harms someone else in the course of working for the company, then the company can be held liable for the individual's actions Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) - ✔️ ✔️ Guidelines that provide information that can be used to avoid discriminatory hiring practices as well as discrimination in other employment decisions Validity - ✔️ ✔️ the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to criterion-related validity - ✔️ ✔️ an assessment of the ability of a test to measure some other factor related to the test Why do you need work flow analysis? - ✔️ ✔️ 1. HR Planning
Job Design vs Job Redesign - ✔️ ✔️ -identifies tasks that employees are responsible for and how those tasks will be accomplished
Interest Test - ✔️ ✔️ a test measuring a person's intellectual curiosity and motivation in a particular field Cognitive Ability Tests - ✔️ ✔️ an assessment of general intelligence or of some type of aptitude for a particular job Physical Test - ✔️ ✔️ a test designed to ensure that applicants are capable of performing on the job in ways defined by the job specification and description Work Sample - ✔️ ✔️ A test conducted by providing a sample of the work that the candidate would perform on the job and asking the candidate to perform the tasks under some type of controlled conditions Assessment Center - ✔️ ✔️ places where job applicants undergo a series of tests, interviews, and simulated experiences to determine their potential for a particular job simulation - ✔️ ✔️ tests where a candidate is put in high-pressure situation in a controlled environment so that the danger and costs are limited fitness-for-duty test - ✔️ ✔️ A test identifying whether or not an employee is physically capable at a particular point in time of performing a specific type of work Pre-employment inquiries - ✔️ ✔️ information requested on job applications and during interviews must be non-discriminatory. 1.Every question should be job related. 2.Questions of a general nature should be asked of all applicants. Polygraph tests - ✔️ ✔️ Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) makes it illegal to use a polygraph, but has two exceptions. 1.Armored car services 2.Dispensing controlled substances Genetic testing- - ✔️ ✔️ Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) protects people from discrimination by health insurers and employers on the basis of their DNA information. Drug testing - ✔️ ✔️ For workplace safety and productivity. Must be either "random" or "universal." Structured interview - ✔️ ✔️ Candidates are asked the same questions.
Semi-structured interview- - ✔️ ✔️ Interviewer follows list of questions, but also asks unplanned questions. Unstructured interview - ✔️ ✔️ -Interviewer has no planned questions or sequence of topics.
Job Characteristics Model Tool: Work Teams - ✔️ ✔️ - Integrated: student projects, each person does a part and 1 person pulls it together