Unit 4 Intro to Business Vocab Quiz

human resource (HR) management

• The tasks and responsibilities of a job.

• The process of hiring, developing, motivating, and evaluating employees to achieve organizational goals.

• Creating a strategy for meeting current and future human resource needs.

• A study of the tasks required to do a particular job well.

human resource planning

• The tasks and responsibilities of a job.

• The process of hiring, developing, motivating, and evaluating employees to achieve organizational goals.

• Creating a strategy for meeting current and future human resource needs.

• A study of the tasks required to do a particular job well.

job analysis

• The tasks and responsibilities of a job.

• The process of hiring, developing, motivating, and evaluating employees to achieve organizational goals.

• Creating a strategy for meeting current and future human resource needs.

• A study of the tasks required to do a particular job well.

job description

• The tasks and responsibilities of a job.

• The process of hiring, developing, motivating, and evaluating employees to achieve organizational goals.

• Creating a strategy for meeting current and future human resource needs.

• A study of the tasks required to do a particular job well.

labor union

• A comparison of actual performance with expected performance to assess an employee’s contributions to the organization.

• The attempt to find and attract qualified applicants in the external labor market.

• An organization that represents workers in dealing with management.

• Includes both pay and benefits

Compensation

• A comparison of actual performance with expected performance to assess an employee’s contributions to the organization.

• The attempt to find and attract qualified applicants in the external labor market.

• An organization that represents workers in dealing with management.

• Includes both pay and benefits

performance appraisal

• A comparison of actual performance with expected performance to assess an employee’s contributions to the organization.

• The attempt to find and attract qualified applicants in the external labor market.

• An organization that represents workers in dealing with management.

• Includes both pay and benefits

recruitment

• A comparison of actual performance with expected performance to assess an employee’s contributions to the organization.

• The attempt to find and attract qualified applicants in the external labor market.

• An organization that represents workers in dealing with management.

• Includes both pay and benefits

selection

• The process of determining which persons in the applicant pool possess the qualifications necessary to be successful on the job.

• A theory of motivation that says humans have five levels of needs and act to satisfy their unmet needs. At the base are fundamental physiological needs, followed in order by safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization needs.

• Intrinsic job elements that lead to worker satisfaction.

• Something that prompts a person to release his or her energy in a certain direction.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

• The process of determining which persons in the applicant pool possess the qualifications necessary to be successful on the job.

• A theory of motivation that says humans have five levels of needs and act to satisfy their unmet needs. At the base are fundamental physiological needs, followed in order by safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization needs.

• Intrinsic job elements that lead to worker satisfaction.

• Something that prompts a person to release his or her energy in a certain direction.