What is a Job Description?

A list of the main tasks and responsibilities of a job.

What is a Person Specification?

A list of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for a job.

What is a Curriculum Vitae (CV)?

A detailed document showing a person’s education, work experience, and achievements.

A shorter document summarizing work experience, education, and skills relevant to the job.

What is a Reference in the context of job applications?

A recommendation or comment about an applicant’s character or past work performance.

What is an Assessment Centre?

A place where job candidates are tested on their abilities to perform a role.

What is Internal Recruitment?

Filling a job from within the current employees of the business.

What is External Recruitment?

Hiring someone from outside the company for a job.

What is an Employment Contract?

A legal document outlining the terms of a worker’s job.

What does Redundancy mean?

When a job is no longer needed, and the employee is let go.

Being fired from a job due to poor performance or breaking rules.

What is Unfair Dismissal?

Being fired for a reason that is not legally justified.

What is Employee Morale?

The overall mood and satisfaction of employees at work.

What is Employee Welfare?

The health, safety, and wellbeing of employees in the workplace.

What is Work-Life Balance?

Managing time and effort between work and personal life.

What is an Equality Policy?

Rules to ensure everyone is treated fairly and has equal opportunities.

What is a Diversity Policy?

Policies to create a diverse workforce and value differences.

What is Training in HRM?

Work-related education to improve skills and efficiency.

What is Induction Training?

Training to introduce new employees to the company and its systems.

What is On-the-Job Training?

Training given at the workplace while doing the job.

What is Off-the-Job Training?

Training done away from the workplace.

What is Multi-skilling?

Training employees in multiple skills for more flexibility.

What is Employee Appraisal?

Evaluating an employee’s performance based on set goals.

What is Industrial Action?

Workers taking action to pressure management during a dispute.

What is Collective Bargaining?

Negotiating working conditions between a group of employees and their employer.

What is Trade Union Recognition?

When a company agrees to negotiate with a trade union instead of individual workers.

What is Motivation in the workplace?

The internal and external factors that stimulate the desire in workers to stay interested in and committed to doing a job well.

What is Self-Actualisation?

A sense of self-fulfillment achieved through learning and accomplishments.

What is Job Enrichment?

Using the full capabilities of workers by giving them more challenging and fulfilling tasks.

Payment to a worker for each unit produced.

What is Time-Based Wage Rate?

Payment made to a worker for each period of time worked.

Annual income, typically paid monthly.

Payment to a salesperson for each sale made.

An additional payment on top of the agreed wage or salary.

What is Performance-Related Pay?

A bonus scheme that rewards employees for above-average work performance.

What is Profit Sharing?

A bonus given to employees based on company profits, usually as a proportion of their salary.

What is a Share-Ownership Scheme?

A program that gives employees shares in the company or allows them to buy shares at a discount.

What are Fringe Benefits?

Additional perks given by an employer, separate from regular pay.

What is Job Rotation?

A system where employees switch between different jobs.

What is Job Enlargement?

Expanding a job by broadening or deepening the tasks undertaken.

What is Job Redesign?

Restructuring a job to make it more interesting, satisfying, and challenging.

What is Development in HRM?

Gaining new or advanced skills and knowledge, with opportunities to apply them.

What is Employee Participation?

Actively involving employees in decision-making within the company.

Organizing production so groups of workers complete entire units of work together.

Flashcards: Unit 2 HRM Flashcards

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What is Human Resource Management (HRM)?

Back

The strategic approach to managing employees so they help the business succeed.

2.

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What is Workforce Planning?

Back

Predicting how many workers and what skills will be needed to meet company goals.

3.

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What is a Workforce Audit?

Back

Checking the skills and qualifications of current employees and managers.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What does Labour Turnover refer to?

Back

The rate at which employees leave a company.

5.

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What is Recruitment?

Back

Finding and attracting people to fill a job position.

6.

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Front

What is Selection in HRM?

Back

The steps taken to interview, test, and choose the right candidate for a job.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What is a Recruitment Agency?

Back

A business that helps companies find candidates for job openings.

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