MAN 2150 CH 8 HR VOCAB

Adverse impact

• When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected group.
• A discussion between a manager and an employee about the employee’s dismissal.
• An employee benefit program in which employees choose from a menu of options to create a benefit package tailored to their needs.

Arbitration

• The use of a neutral third party to resolve a labor dispute.
• A managerial performance test in which candidates participate in a variety of exercises and situations.
• When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected group.

Assessment center

• A managerial performance test in which candidates participate in a variety of exercises and situations.
• A process in which objectives set by a subordinate and a supervisor must be reached within a given time period.
• Training that provides employees with the skills and perspectives they need to collaborate with others.

Cafeteria benefit programs

• An employee benefit program in which employees choose from a menu of options to create a benefit package tailored to their needs.
• A tool for determining what is done on a given job and what should be done on that job.
• Training designed to introduce new employees to the company and familiarize them with policies, procedures, culture, and the like.

Comparable worth

• Principle of equal pay for different jobs of equal worth.
• An analysis identifying the jobs, people, and departments for which training is necessary.
• The use of a neutral third party to resolve a labor dispute.

Development

• Helping managers and professional employees learn the broad skills needed for their present and future jobs.
• An organization with a union and a union security clause specifying that workers must join the union after a set period of time.
• The system of relations between workers and management.

Diversity training

• Programs that focus on identifying and reducing hidden biases against people with differences and developing the skills needed to manage a diversified workforce.
• Assessment of an employee’s job performance.
• The process of helping people who have been dismissed from the company regain employment elsewhere.

Employment-at-will

• The legal concept that an employee may be terminated for any reason.
• Benefit programs in which employees are given credits to spend on benefits that fit their unique needs.
• The legal concept that an employee may be terminated for any reason.

Flexible benefit programs

• Benefit programs in which employees are given credits to spend on benefits that fit their unique needs.
• Choosing from among qualified applicants to hire into an organization.
• The development of a pool of applicants for jobs in an organization.

Human resources management (HRM)

• Formal systems for the management of people within an organization.
• Formal systems for the management of people within an organization.
• The degree to which a selection test predicts or correlates with job performance.