Article 2 - How can schools and teachers benefit from HRM

The AMO-theory of performance states that employee performance is a function of: their abilities (A); their ___ (M) and the opportunities (O) they are offered to exert their expertise.

• management

• motivation

• measured performance

• manners

HRM systems should contain a bundle of interlinked policies and practices that are explicitly targeted at attracting, ___, developing and rewarding teachers in such a way that it results in optimal teacher and school performance.

• retaining

• motivating

• deploying

• designing

In ability-enhancing HRM practices, two clusters of policies and practices are highlighted, namely ___ and professional development.

• deployment

• career advancement

• competency

• staffing

Specifically, by increasing teachers’ ___ and commitment, HRM holds the potential of increasing teacher performance and, consequently, of yielding higher student outcomes

• understanding

• motivation

• interest

• competence

Learning is not viewed as a ___ of abstract knowledge from one individual to another, but as a social process which is situated in a specific context and embedded within a social and physical environment

• transmission

• acquisition

• development

• insights

Teacher evaluation is important for both purposes that the evaluation instruments truly yield valid and reliable data about ___

• development

• competencies

• accountability

• performance

___ of HRM systems refers to the alignment of HRM with the organisation’s strategy (‘vertical fit’) as well as to the alignment of different HRM practices with each other (‘horizontal fit’)

• Consistency

• Consensus

• Distinctiveness

• Collaboration

___ can be enhanced, for instance, by making HRM policies public, making HRM practices accessible

• Consistency

• Consensus

• Distinctiveness

• Management