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| The extent to which the three primary HR activities are designed to achieve the goals of the organization |
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| A company's ability to create more economic value than its comprtitors |
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| The knowlege, skills abilities and other talents that employees possess |
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| The individuals who work for a company |
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| The pressures that exist outside companies that managers must consider to strategically manage their employees |
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| The extent to which the three primary HR activities that a company uses help them meet their organizational demands, cope with environmental factors, and comply with regulatory issues. |
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| The blurring of country boundaries in business activities |
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| Challenges that managers must consider in the management of employees that relate to (1) organizational demands; (2) environmental influrnces ; and (3) regulatory issues. |
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| Human resource (HR) department |
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| A support function within companies that serves a vital role in designing and implementing company policies for managing employees |
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| Human resource (HR) practices |
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| The practices that a company has put in place to manage employees |
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| The extent to which specific practices used within each HR activity are consistent with one another as well as aligned across the primary HR activities |
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| The individuals who are responsiblefor supervising and directing the efforts of a group of employees to perform tasks that are directly related to the creation and delivery of a company's products or services |
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| The set of underlying values and beliefs that employees of a company share |
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| The factors within a firm that affects decisions regarding how to manage employees. |
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| Primary human resource (HR) activities |
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| The strategic management of emploees centers around three categories of HR activities (1) work design and workforce planning; (2) managing employees competencies; and (3) managing employees attitudes and behaviors |
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| The company's plan for acieving a competitives advantage over its rivals |
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