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MGMT-384 Human Resource
Management
Human Resource Management - correct answer Designing formal systems in an organization to manage human talent for accomplishing organizational goals Types of Organizational Assets - correct answer physical assets, financial assets, intellectual property assets, human assets HR Management Activities - correct answer Influenced by forces of external environment: *Global *Environmental *Cultural/Geographic *Political *Social *Legal *Economic *Technological The seven HR functions can be visualized as: - correct answer *Strategy and planning *Equal employment opportunity *staffing *Talent Management *Rewards *Risk management and worker protection
*Employee and labor relations Workforce demographics and diversity trends (racial/ethnic diversity, women in the workforce, & aging workforce) - correct answer HRM Roles (administrative, operational & strategic) - correct answer *Administrative: focusing of clerical administration and record keeping, including essential legal paperwork and policy implementation. *Operational: Managing HR activités bases on the strategies and operations that have been identified by management and serving as "champion" for employee issues and concerns. *Strategic: Helping define and implement the business strategy relative to human capital and its contribution to the organizations results. HR technology (purposes & uses) - correct answer HRM competencies and careers - correct answer HRM competencies: *strategic knowledge, *legal capability, *administrative capability, *operational capability, *technology and usage abilities Careers: HR Generalist: A person who has responsibility for performing a variety of HR activities.
*Discriminate with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of sex, race, national origin, color, and/or religion *Fail or refuse to hire, terminate, promote, or demote individuals because of sex, race, national origin, color, and/or religion *Provide different compensation or working conditions for individuals because of sex, race, national origin, color, and/or religion Equal Pay Act - correct answer *Paying similar wage rates for similar work without regard to gender *Differences in pay between men and women are permitted when there is a difference in seniority, performance, working conditions Pregnancy Discrimination Act - correct answer Treating maternity leave the same as other personal or medical leaves Age Discrimination in Employment Act - correct answer Prohibits discrimination against all individuals age 40 or older employed by an organization having 20 or more workers Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) - correct answer *Broadens the definition of individuals with disabilities to impairment without regard for medication/prosthetics Civil Rights Act of 1991 - correct answer *Requires employers to show that an employment practice is job related for the position and is consistent with business necessity *Creates provision to claim compensatory and punitive damages for the victims of intentional discrimination
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) of 1994 - correct answer Vocational Rehabilitation Act 1973 and Rehabilitation Act of 1974 - correct answer Americans with Disabilities Act - correct answer - Enforced by the EEOC *Applies to private employers, employment agencies, and labor unions with 15 or more employees Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) - correct answer Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Provisions
- correct answer *leaves of abscense *return to employment rights *prompt reemployment on return *protection from discharge and retaliation *health insurance continuation *continued seniority rights Equal employment - correct answer Employment that is not affected by illegal discrimination Affirmative action - correct answer A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities Protected class and groups protected under laws and regulations - correct answer Groups of people who qualify for judicial protection under the law based on a history of past discrimination; groups identified by Congress are: African Americans, Latinos/Hispanics, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans (i.e., Indians, Eskimos), women, military veterans, people over the age of 40 and people with disabilities.
Common issues related to USERRA (see Figure 3-11) - correct answer *leaves of abscence *return to employment rights *prompt reemployment on return *protection from discharge and retaliation *health insurance continuation *continued seniority rights EEO enforcement agencies (Appendix C, pgs. 665-666) - correct answer Sex Discrimination - correct answer treating people differently because of their sex Sexual Harassment definitions (difference between quid pro quo & hostile environment) - correct answer Potential Sexual Harassers - correct answer Employer responses to sexual harassment - correct answer Components of diversity training - correct answer diversity - correct answer
