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PART 1 – CHAPTER 11

  • 1) Outline the basic process for human resource planning.
  • 2) Explain how different employment laws affect human resource practice. List and define three of the major laws affecting human resource practice.
  • 3) What are the two types of recruiting? How do companies use recruiting to find qualified job applicants?
  • 4) What selection procedures do companies use during the hiring process?
  • 5) Compare structured and unstructured interviews.
  • 6) Describe the types of selection tests that companies use to evaluate job candidates.
  • 7) What methods can managers use to accurately measure employee job performance and provide meaningful performance feedback?
  • 8) What kinds of decisions do managers face when designing employee compensation?
  • 9) What are the four kinds of employee separation?
  • 10) What is the difference between functional and dysfunctional turnover? What is the relationship between turnover and employee separations?

PART 2 – CHAPTER 11

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Pick a job that might be interesting for you to have when you graduate from college.

What is title of the position?

What kind of organization is this?

What is the salary range?

What is the job description?

What are the job specifications?

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11 Managing Human Resource Systems Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. • Video Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES 1 Explain how different employment laws affect human resource practice 2 Explain how companies use recruiting to find qualified job applicants 3 Describe the selection techniques and procedures that companies use when deciding which applicants should receive job offers Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 3 LEARNING OUTCOMES 4 Discuss how to use performance appraisal to give meaningful performance feedback 5 Discuss the four kinds of employee separations Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 4 The Human Resource Management Process © 2015 Cengage Learning Federal Employment Laws Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 6 Adverse Impact and Employment Discrimination Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 7 Sexual Harassment • Form of discrimination in which conduct of a sexual nature occur • Types • Quid pro quo: Employment outcomes or keeping one’s job, depend on whether an individual submits to sexual harassment • Hostile work environment: Unwelcome and demeaning sexually related behavior creates an intimidating and offensive work environment Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 8 What Should Managers Do? • Respond immediately • Write a clear sexual harassment policy • Establish clear reporting procedures • Be aware of local and state laws and enforcement agencies 11-1 © 2015 Cengage Learning Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 9 Recruiting • Job analysis: Systematic process for collecting information on the important work-related aspects of a job • Provides job descriptions and specifications required for conducting recruitment • Internal recruiting: Developing a pool of qualified job applicants from people who work in the company • External recruiting: Developing a pool of qualified job applicants from outside the company Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 10 Selection Techniques and Procedures • Application forms and résumés • Organizations collect applicant information and store it to a human resource information system • Employment references • Previous employers or co-workers who can provide job-related information about job candidates • Background checks • Verify the truthfulness and accuracy of information that applicants provide about themselves Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 11 Selection Techniques and Procedures • Interviews • Unstructured: Interviewers are free to ask the applicants anything they want • Structured: All applicants are asked the same set of standardized questions Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 12 Performance Appraisal • Process of assessing how well employees are doing their jobs • Accurately measuring job performance • Objective performance measures • Subjective performance measures • Behavior observation scales (BOSs) • Sharing performance feedback • 360-degree feedback: Obtained from the boss, subordinates, peers and coworkers, and the employees themselves Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 13 Types of Employee Separation • Termination • Downsizing: Planned elimination of jobs in a company • Retirement • Early retirement incentive programs (ERIPs) • Phased retirement Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 14 Types of Employee Separation • Employee turnover: Loss of employees who voluntarily choose to leave the company • Functional turnover: Loss of poor-performing employees who voluntarily choose to leave a company • Dysfunctional turnover: Loss of high-performing employees who voluntarily choose to leave a company Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 15 SUMMARY • Federal employment laws are formed so that employers may not discriminate in employment decisions • Recruiting is the process of developing a pool of qualified job applicants • Selection determines which applicants have the best chance of performing well on the job • Training provides opportunities for employees to improve their performance Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 16 SUMMARY • Performance appraisal is the process of assessing how well employees are doing their jobs • Compensation includes both the financial and the nonfinancial rewards that organizations give employees in exchange for their work • Wrongful discharge is a legal doctrine that requires employers to have a job-related reason to terminate employees Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 17 KEY TERMS • Human resource management (HRM) • Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) • Disparate treatment • Adverse impact • Sexual harassment • Quid pro quo sexual harassment • Hostile work environment • Recruiting • Internal recruiting • External recruiting • Selection • Validation Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 18 KEY TERMS • Employment references • Background checks • Specific ability tests (aptitude tests) • • • • • Interview Unstructured interviews Structured interviews Performance appraisal Objective performance measures • Subjective performance measures Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 19 KEY TERMS • Behavior observation scales (BOSs) • 360-degree feedback • Employee separation • Job evaluation • Piecework • Commission • Profit sharing • Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) • • • • • • • Stock options Wrongful discharge Downsizing Phased retirement Employee turnover Functional turnover Dysfunctional turnover Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 20 KEY TERMS Video Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 21 Copyright ©2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. MGMT8 | CH3 22
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PART 1
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Human resource planning is a process by which organizations come up with staffing

support that they will require in order for them to satisfy any needs in their business and clients
demands. It involves four main steps. The first one involves collection and evaluation of data
about demands which may be anticipated based on the future strategies of the business and
providing sufficient staff to meet the demands. Second, the human resource goals are identified
and they include decisions such as whether applicants will be promoted from within or outside
the company. Third, programs which are associated with the company’s goals are formed and
executed. Finally, the efficiency of human resource strategy is observed and any appropriate
changes are made.
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Employment laws affect the human resource practice in different ways. The laws ensure

that there is no form of discrimination of staffs and there is equality in training and hiring of
employees. They also prohibit discrimination of staff when paying their salaries. Another
function is to make sure the surroundings under which the staffs work are healthy and safe.
Some of these laws include:
Davis-Bacon Act of...


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