Management

What is Human Resources

Business responsible for finding, recruiting, and training job applicants

What is management

Administration of organizations relating to the activities of a business to achieve its goals

Job Characteristics model

Designed to make Jobs better by breaking down jobs into specific tasks

Job Characterstic- Skill Variety

Completion of different activities

Job Characteristic-Task Identity

Job requires completion of an identifiable piece of work

Job Characteristic-Task Significance

Job has a substantial impact on others

Job Characteristic- Autonomy

Job provides workers with freedom in carrying it out

Job Characteristic-Job Feedback

Provides workers with performance information

Types of Job Characteristics

Skill Variety, Task Identity, Task Significance, Autonomy, Job Feeback

Exempt Employees

Hold administrative positions and are not entitled to overtime pay

Non-Exempt employees

Hourly employees perform more manual or technical duties and are entitled to overtime pay

Performance Appraisal

Systematic and period process of measuring an individuals work performance against the established requirements of the job

360 Degree Feedback

Feedback from an employees subordinates, peers, colleagues, and supervisors

Rating Scale

Close ended survey question used to represent feedback in a comparative form

BARS

More detailed scale that assesses the performance of new employees or trainees

Autocratic Leader

Leaders make decisions without taking input from anyone

Democratic Leader

Leaders make decisions based on their teams opinion and feedback

Laissez-Faire Leader

Attitude of trust and reliance on employees

Union

Organization formed by workers who join together and use their strength to have a voice in their workplace

Local Union

Local branch of a union made up of many branches

National Union

A group of workers who come together to protect their rights nationwide

Craft Union

Labor union of people of the same skilled craft

Industrial Union

Combined of workers both skilled and unskilled who are employed in a particular industry

Collective Bargaining

Trade unions negotiate with employees on behalf of their members

Bargaining Unit

Group of workers with similar interests that are represented by a single labor union

WARN act

Protects workers, their families, and communities by requiring most employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of plant closing and mass layoffs

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Mandates certain practicies in financial record keeping and reporting for corporations