U3 Business - AOS2: Human resource management

Match the following

• Human resource manager

• This is a key aspect of the Human Resources function, and a key objective 

• Business objectives

• The Human Resources function devises strategies to meet these 

• Employee motivation

• Coordinates all the activities involved in acquiring, developing and maintaining and terminating employees 

• Human Resource management

• Has the responsibility for maintaining the relationship between employees and the business 

Human resource ​ (a)    have strategies to make sure that ​ (b)   are taken with regard to ​ (c)   that allow the business to meet its ​ (d)   .  

• management
• decisions
• employees
• objectives

Which human resource strategy would support the business objective of increasing sales? 

• Remuneration

• Establishment of work health and safety teams 

• Performance-related pay

• All of the above

Which of the following is not a human resource strategy? 

• Motivation strategies

• Performance-related pay

• Training

• Advertising

Match the following

• Motivation theories

• A sequence of human needs in the order of their importance 

• Hierarchy of needs

• Propose that a motivated employee is more productive, and a more productive employee is more profitable

• Need

• Is what a person requires

• Goal setting

• Selecting a target or objective to achieve, which can be highly motivating 

• Motivation

• What drives a person to behave in a certain way, or to achieve a certain goal

Maslow theorised that ​ (a)    work to ​ (b)    their ​ (c)    needs first. Once these needs have been met, other needs become ​ (d)    for employees — such as esteem needs and social needs. 

• people
• satisfy
• physiological
• motivators

In Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, physiological needs are referred to. What does this mean? 

• Essential things a person needs to survive. They include the need for shelter, water, food, warmth, rest and health.

• Non-essential things a person needs to survive, including the need to be accepted and loved.

• Essential things a person needs to survive. This includes things to satisfy a person's status, such as a car.

• A physiological need is money. 

It is thought that when employees work towards goals, they become:

• overwhelmed and inefficient.

• more motivated and better performers.  

• demotivated.

• indifferent, as they are only motivated by money. 

Match the following

• Investment in training

• Occurs when a person takes on a job that carries greater responsibilities and opportunities

• Support

• The assistance or services (such as counselling and mentoring) provided by the business to help employees cope with difficulties that may impede their work performance

• Sanction

• The direction of finances, or resources such as time, into the teaching of skills to employees

• Performance related pay

• A penalty or form of discipline imposed on an individual

• Career advancement

• Rewarding employees through monetary compensation when they perform to or above certain targets 

Performance-related pay is a ​ (a)   ​ (b)   which links an employee's pay to their performance on the job, rather than being based on a ​ (c)    or hourly wage. This type of pay can be beneficial for both employees and employers, as it provides an incentive for employees to be more ​ (d)   , while also allowing employers to reward high ​ (e)   and retain these employees.

• motivational
• salary
• performers
• productive
• strategy