...Term paper Questions Identify different ways that labor markets can be identified and Approached. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of internal and external recruiting. Specify three internal sources for recruiting and issues associated with their use. List and briefly discuss five external recruiting sources. Explain why internet recruiting has grown and how employers are conducting it. Discuss three factors to consider when evaluating recruiting efforts. Describe why selection and placement must consider both person job and person organization fit. Diagram the sequence of atypical selection process. Identify three types of selection tests and legal concerns about their uses. Discuss several types of selection interviews and some key considerations when conducting these interviews. Explain how legal concerns affect background investigations of applicants and use of medical examinations in the selection process. Identify the components of performance management systems. Distinguish between performance management and performance appraisal, and between job criteria and performance standards. Explain the administrative and development uses of performance appraisal. Describe the advantages and disadvantages multisource (360)appraisal. Discuss the importance of training managers and employees about performance appraisal and give examples of several tater errors. Identify several concerns about appraisal feedback and...
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...nation-wide labor markets. Local and area labor markets vary significantly in terms of workforce availability and quality. (Mathis & Jackson, Human Resource Management, p. 2008, 197) For example, one region can be short of local workforce, because of aging people and there is a high immigration of foreigners to fulfill these vacancies. Changes in a geographic labor market may force changes in recruiting efforts. (Mathis & Jackson, Human Resource Management, 2008, p. 197). For example, if a big company locates in the specific region, other local employers will have to give more effort to keep their employers and grant bigger wages just to keep them. • Global Labor Markets – are such markets when the company searches for the right employee globally. For example workers from Eastern Europe travel to work at cheap manual labor jobs, and the receiving countries are likely to accept them because workers’ demands are smaller and that is why they can pay less wages. Recruiting employees for global assignments requires approaches and understanding different from those used for typical recruiting efforts in the home country. (Mathis & Jackson, Human Resource Management, 2008, p. 198). Significant issue of global markets is government regulations by which the local labor force is protected. Other problems faced by international labor markets is cultural, law, etc. • Industry and Occupational Labor Markets - labor markets also can be classified by industry and occupation. The demand for...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |HRM/531 | | |Human Capital Management | Copyright ©2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course prepares students to address the concepts of personnel development as managers. Students learn criteria for developing effective job analysis, appraisal systems, and appropriate career development plans for employees. Other topics include personnel selection, employee compensation, benefits, training, workplace diversity, discipline, employee rights, unions, and management behaviors. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies...
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...Schneider National Inc. Al Schneider was raised on a farm in eastern Wisconsin. He was only educated through the eighth grade. In 1935, he sold his family car and purchased his first truck. He started taking shipments around the local area and through Green Bay, Wisconsin. One of Al Schneider’s five sons, Don, received a very good education graduating from a parochial high school as well as a degree from St. Norbert’s College. Don Schneider continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania and received a business degree from Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. With this excellent education, Don worked his way up in the family business and eventually in 1971 became president. Schneider National Incorporated was a fairly small sized company until the 1980s. After Don Schneider came into power, he quickly realized that his company needed to undergo large changes to keep up with the changing business culture. The two changes that Schneider needed the most were in employee relations and investing in the use of new technology. In the early 1980s Schneider began giving its drivers bonuses based on performance and eliminated reserved parking spaces for higher ranking employees. Typically, if a driver was out on the road, they would have to find a phone at a truck stop and call the company to check in and update the dispatcher on their location. This was very slow process at times because many times the pay phones would be in use, or the company dispatcher...
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...HR unit in a local bank. In this bank Jack Nelson is a member of board of director and Ruth Jonson is an excellent employee. As Mr. Nelson was very much curious about how Jonson operate her machine, she briefly gave an idea about it. Speaking with the in-charged supervisor of a branch of this bank Nelson found that something was wrong inside the branches. But unfortunately it was not known to Jonson. Jonson found out the main problem and it was high employee turnover. In this bank selection time of employee is very short and at the same time the new employer quit their job in a very short time. All branch supervisors hire their new employees without communicating with the home office or other branches. During the time of development of opening, the supervisors tried to find a suitable employee to replace the worker who had quit. After visiting the 22 branches, the finding is that problems are similar mostly. Nelson wondered about the movements that he should take and the home office steps. The more he thought about the matter, the more perplexed he became. The problem is as much as complex that he couldn’t put his finger on that problem and he did not know the actual place whether to report his findings to the president. * Most of the experts believe that there are five basic functions that all managers perform and that are- planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling. These functions represent the management process. In this chapter we are going to focus...
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...Hanoi University FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM Subject profile HRM 301 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Fall 2011 (K2008) Hanoi 08 - 2011 Subject details |Subject name |Human Resource Management | |Units of credit |5 | |Study length |15 weeks | |Prerequisite /Co requisite |MGT 201 – Introduction to Management | |Suggested study commitment |Approximately 10 hours per week | |Year |Spring 2009 | |Subject Coordinator |Phuong Tram Nguyen Le | |Lecturers |Phuong Tram...
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...Part III: Staffing Recruiting and Selecting Employees After reading this chapter, you should be able to deal more effectively with the following challenges: ▪ Understand approaches to matching labor supply and demand. El n Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of internal and external recruiting. Distinguish among the major selection methods and use the most legally defensible of them. 121 Make staffing decisions that maximize the hiring and promotion of the best people. El Understand the legal constraints on the hiring process. Specialty Cabinets Company had rapidly expanded from a two-person operation to a small business with 28 employees. This thriving business catered to those who needed high-end cabinet work in custom-built homes or office buildings. Specialty had been able to attract highly trained carpenters; however, the company's president realized that Specialty needed to hire an additional manager. She gave George Zoran, a senior supervisor with strong interpersonal skills, the responsibility for hiring the new manager. George posted the opening on the company bulletin board and put an ad online and in the "Help Wanted" section of the local newspaper and soon received numerous applications. George was particularly impressed with one candidate, Tim Wells. Tim had never worked in carpentry, but George thought Tim seemed personable and had sufficient managerial experience 146 Chapter 5: Recruiting and Selecting Employees 147 and ambition to handle the...
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...The most important corporate resource over the next few years will be talent: smart, sophisticated business people who are technologically literate, globally astute, and operationally agile. And even as the demand for talent goes up, the supply of it will be going down (Fishman, 1998 cf. Trank et al., 2002). This seems to particularly hold true in case of the motor vehicle industry in Bangladesh which requires high quality and highly skilled labour force to cater to the rapidly increasing global demand for communication services but is currently facing an increasing shortage of skills supply. Moreover, due to shortages of skilled workers, high turnover rates, and rapid business growth in the service sectors, it has been noted that recruiting, selecting, and placing applicants are among the top three priorities of human resource professionals (Bureau of National Affairs, 2000; Straus, Miles, and Levesque, 2001 cf. Bauer et al., 2004). Since the motor vehicle industry in Bangladesh is faced with these three challenges, recruitment and selection comprises an important human resource practice in this industry. Further, in this industry, human resources comprise both the raw material and the “technology” (Communication) and are therefore of prime importance. |1.1 Origin of the report: | This report titled “Recruitment and Selection Procedure of Safat Motors Limited”...
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...1. INTRODUCTION TO THE BANKING SECTOR 1.1 Banking Sector of Pakistan The banking sector in Pakistan consists of Commercial Banks and Specialized Banking Institutions. During the quarter-1 of financial year 2004 as per SBP Quarterly report there has been robust growth in deposit mobilization and credit off take with a rise of PKR 23.1 billion in net credit to the private sector[1]. The banking/financial sector in Pakistan comprises of Commercial Banks, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), Microfinance Banks (MFBs), Non-banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) (leasing companies, Investment Banks, Discount Houses, Housing Finance Companies, Venture Capital Companies, Mutual Funds), Modarabas, Stock Exchange and Insurance Companies. Under the prevalent legislative structure the supervisory responsibilities in case of Banks, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), and Microfinance Banks (MFBs) falls within legal ambit of State Bank of Pakistan while the rest of the financial institutions are monitored by other authorities such as Securities and Exchange Commission and Controller of Insurance[2]. At present there are 41 scheduled banks, 6 DFIs, and 2 MFBs operating in Pakistan whose activities are regulated and supervised by State Bank of Pakistan. The commercial banks comprise of 3 nationalized banks, 3 privatized banks, 15 private sector banks, 14 foreign banks, 2 provincial scheduled banks, and 4 specialized banks2. 1.2 State bank of Pakistan The State Bank of Pakistan regulates...
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...PART Overview of Accounting Information Systems Chapter 1 The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective 3 Introduction to Transaction Processing 31 Ethics, Fraud, and Internal Control 91 Chapter 2 I Chapter 3 1 CHAPTER The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective nlike many other accounting subjects, such as intermediate accounting, accounting information systems (AIS) lacks a well-defined body of knowledge. Much controversy exists among college faculty as to what should and should not be covered in the AIS course. To some extent, however, the controversy is being resolved through legislation. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 established new corporate governance regulations and standards for public companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This wide-sweeping legislation impacts public companies, their management, and their auditors. Of particular importance to AIS students is the impact of SOX on internal control standards and related auditing procedures. Whereas SOX does not define the entire content of the AIS course, it does identify critical areas of study that need to be included for accountants. These topics and more are covered in the chapters of this text. The purpose of this chapter is to place the subject of AIS in perspective for accountants. Toward this end, the chapter is divided into three major sections, each dealing with a different aspect of information systems. The first section explores the...
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...independent study environment, or a face to face or on-ground environment. ✓ When presenting Chapter One, have the students first read the chapter and encourage them to absorb the “big picture” of Human Resource Management. ✓ Use the PowerPoint for Chapter One to frame your lecture. This Instructor’s Manual will provide you with a suggested placement of the PowerPoint alongside your Lectures. ✓ Then, have your students watch the Video Case on the “Creative Corporation,” and facilitate an in-class or an on-line discussion highlighting the lessons contained in that Case. ✓ Have students read and discuss the end-of-chapter Cases and their respective Questions. ✓ Have students validate their knowledge of the chapter by working through the Discussion Questions at the end of the Chapter. ✓ Lastly, have students review, journal, or discuss the Key Vocabulary Terms at the end of the chapter. ROADMAP: THE LECTURE Chapter Summary This introductory chapter provides your...
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...Chapter 01 Managing Human Resources True / False Questions 1. Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source of value to their organizations. True False 2. The concept of "human resource management" implies that employees are interchangeable, easily replaced assets that must be managed like any other physical asset. True False 3. Human resources cannot be imitated. True False 4. No two human resource departments will have precisely the same roles and responsibilities. True False 5. Today, greater concern for innovation and quality has shifted the trend in job design to an increased use of narrowly defined jobs. True False 6. An organization makes selection decisions in order to add employees to its workforce, as well as to transfer existing employees to new positions. True False 7. In the context of performance management, when the person evaluating performance is not familiar with the details of the job, outcomes tend to be easier to evaluate than specific behaviors. True False 8. The pay and benefits that employees earn play an important role in motivating them, except when rewards such as bonuses are linked to the individual's or group's achievements. True False 9. Maintaining positive employee relations includes preparing and distributing employee handbooks that detail company policies and, in large organizations, company...
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...Subject: Human Resource Development 1. * Meaning and concepts of Human Resource Development, Human Resource Development (HRD) is considered as a vital part of Human Resource Management and it is defined as "an organized learning experience within a given period of time with the objective of producing the possibility of performance change." HRD aims at overall development of human resources. HRD is more concerned with the training and development of employees. Human Resource Development (HRD) means to develop available manpower through suitable methods such as training, promotions, transfers and opportunities for career development. A) Describe the major functions in Human Resource Development (HRD) Frame work of an organization. – 2011 * OR - Features of Human Resource Development, The nature / scope / function / characteristics or features of HRD are as follows :- 1. Training and Development: HRD involves training and developing the employees and managers. It improves their qualities, qualifications and skills. It makes them more efficient in their present jobs. It also prepares them for future higher jobs. 2. Organizational Development (OD): HRD also involves Organizational Development. OD tries to maintain good relations throughout the organization. It also solves problems of absenteeism, internal conflicts, low productivity and resistance to change. 3. Career Development: HRD also involves career planning and...
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...CHAPTER 11 - LEADERSHIP and TRUST LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter students should be able to: 1. Define leader and leadership. 2. Compare and contrast early leadership theories. 3. Describe the four major contingency leadership theories. 4. Describe modern views of leadership and the issues facing today’s leaders. 5. Discuss trust as the essence of leadership. |Opening Vignette—Employees First | |SUMMARY | |HCL Technologies, the “employee first” philosophy has helped catapult the company from peripheral player to center stage in the intensely | |competitive IT industry. HCL Technologies is headquartered in Noida, India. CEO Vineet Nayar is committed to creating a company where the job | |of company leaders is to enable people to find their own destiny by gravitating to their strengths. His goals for the “Employee First” program| |include creating a unique employee experience, inverting the organizational structure, and increasing transparency. The workplace reforms the | |company implemented involved better communication with the CEO and a pay scheme that gives workers more job security. A major part of the | |workplace company referred to as “trust pay.” Unlike the standard IT industry...
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...●TANGLEWOODCASEBOOKfor use withSTAFFING ORGANIZATIONS●●6th Ed.Kammeyer-Mueller | TANGLEWOOD CASEBOOK To accompany Staffing Organizations, sixth edition, 2009. Prepared by John Kammeyer-Mueller Warrington College of Business University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Telephone: 352-392-0108 E-mail: kammeyjd@ufl.edu Copyright ©2009 Mendota House, Inc. Herbert G. Heneman III President Telephone: 608-233-4417 E-mail: hheneman@bus.wisc.edu INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE CONCEPT | Rationale for the Tanglewood Case Many of the most important lessons in business education involve learning how to place academic concepts in a work setting. For applied topics, like staffing, learning how concepts are applied in the world of work also allow us see how the course is relevant to our own lives. The use of these cases will serve as a bridge between the major themes in the textbook Staffing Organizations and the problems faced by managers on a daily basis. The Tanglewood case is closely intertwined with textbook concepts. Most assignments in the case require reference to specific tables and examples in the book. After completing these cases, you will be much more able to understand and apply the material in the textbook. With this in mind, it should be noted that the cases are designed to correspond with the types of information found in work environments. This means that for many important decisions, the right answers will not always be easy to detect...
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