Core human resource management functions, including recruiting, training, and performance appraisal, from an intro management course.
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- What is human resource management?
- The function responsible for recruiting, training, compensating, and managing employees to help an organization achieve its goals.
- Define recruitment.
- The process of identifying, attracting, and encouraging potential job applicants to apply for positions in an organization.
- What is job analysis?
- A systematic process of gathering information about job duties, responsibilities, required skills, and working conditions.
- What is a job description?
- A written document outlining the duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and reporting relationships for a specific position.
- What is a job specification?
- A detailed statement of the education, experience, and qualifications needed to perform a job successfully.
- What is external recruitment?
- The process of attracting and recruiting job candidates from outside the organization, such as through job boards, agencies, or referrals.
- What is internal recruitment?
- The process of filling job vacancies by promoting or transferring employees from within the organization.
- Describe the selection process.
- The series of steps used to evaluate job applicants and choose the best candidate for a position, typically including applications, interviews, testing, and reference checks.
- What is a structured interview?
- A standardized interview format where all candidates are asked the same predetermined questions in the same order to ensure consistency and fairness.
- What is an unstructured interview?
- An interview format with no predetermined questions, allowing the interviewer to ask different questions of different candidates based on the conversation flow.
- What is the halo effect in hiring?
- A bias where an interviewer allows one favorable characteristic or impression to influence their overall evaluation of a job candidate.
- What is training and development?
- Organized activities designed to improve employee knowledge, skills, and competencies to perform their current job better or prepare for future roles.
- What is employee onboarding or orientation?
- The process of introducing new employees to the organization, its culture, policies, procedures, and their specific job responsibilities.
- What is performance appraisal?
- A formal evaluation process in which a manager assesses an employee's job performance against established standards and goals.
- List three main purposes of performance appraisal.
- Providing feedback, determining compensation and promotions, and identifying training and development needs.
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