Chapter 6: Employee Testing and Selection 1. Why is it important to select the right employees for a position? (easy) Answer: First‚ a manager’s own performance depends in part on his or her subordinates. Second‚ it is costly to recruit‚ hire‚ and train employees. Third‚ there are legal implications to incompetent hiring. EEO laws and court decisions require nondiscriminatory selection procedures for protected groups. Courts will find employees liable when employees with criminal
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Discuss the implications for the HR function of moves to devolve HR responsibilities to non HR Managers. 2011 The dynamic global environment has influenced Human Resource Management as a valued production factor into becoming an important part of the production process. Although people management is significantly more complicated than managing for example‚ machinery‚ through it allowing the implementation of more varied ideologies and techniques. In most companies Human Resources is being
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(outsouring etc.) Work Flow Design and an Organization’s structure * If structure strongly based on functions workers have low authority and work alone on highly specialized jobs. * Managing a division requires more skills than managing a function * HR managers need to design jobs that fit with the structure not only in the job itself Job Analysis * Process of getting detailed info about a job Job descriptions * List of tasks duties and responsibilities (TDRs)> shows how well candidate fits
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1.How and why has the express mail industry structure evolved in recent years? How have the changes affected small competitors? The US express mail industry is highly consolidated. 85% of the market is served by 3 service providers. There are six second tier players who serve the remaining 15%. FedEx and UPS lead the industry in services and innovation. The following trends have been observed in this Industry. Services: A host of services are provided to suit the needs to different businesses.
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people. Line managers’ human resource duties include placing the right person on the job‚ and orienting and training new employees. The human resource manager’s duties include supervising his own employees‚ coordinating the company’s overall personnel policies‚ and assisting and advising line managers in the areas of human resource management. A changing environment today is influencing what human resource managers do and how they do it. Globalization means more competition‚ and more competition means
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cost though. Wal-Mart has faced much criticism‚ as well as litigation‚ for its human resource (HR) policies‚ being accused of underpaying and demanding too much of its associates. Research has shown (Bernardin‚ 2007) that HR practices are the leading indicators of lagging financial performance measures‚ but Wal-Mart is making itself an exception to this rule. The discrepancy between Wal-Mart’s poor HR leading indicators and its high degree of financial success has to do with the introduction and
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References Becker‚ B.E.‚ Huselid‚ M.A. and Ulrich‚ D. (2001). The HR Scorecard: Linking People‚ Strategy‚ and Performance. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press. Cascio‚ W. (2003). Managing Human Resources: Productivity‚ Quality of Work Life‚ Profits (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Education. Ehrlich‚ C.J. (1997). Human resource management: a changing script for a changing world. Human Resource Management‚ Vol. 36 No. 1‚ pp. 85-90. Fast Company & Inc. (2013). THE WORLD ’S MOST INNOVATIVE
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1. The core competencies of the Federal Express are the brand name which it has leveraged throughout the years. The innovation to the idea of delivery systems. The technology it uses to address the various issues in the supply chain and also the Information technology which it had mastered which has decreased its delivery problems. The use of technology and IT systems has been useful in the production and integration of virtual networks. The innovative approach in tracking and conveying messages
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STUDY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HR AUDIT TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ORGANIZATION’S FUNCTIONS INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY: The concept of HR audit has emerged from the practice of yearly finance and accounting audit‚ which is mandatory for every company‚ to be done by external statutory auditors. This audit serves as an examination on a sample basis of practices and systems for identifying problems and ensuring that sound accounting principles are followed. Similarly‚ an HR audit serves as a means
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Part 1 - Motivation: Definition: One of the simplest definition of motivation can be stated as the “the reasons underlying behavior” (Guay et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 712). However‚ suggesting Broussrd and Garrison’s (2004‚ p 106) definition‚ motivation is referred as “the attribute that moves us to do or not to do something”. As explained briefly by Ryan and Deci (2000)‚ to be motivated means to be inclined and moved to do something. An individual that feels motivated is described as someone who is energized
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