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10/27/2008

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Term
Advisory Role
Definition

Counsel and Advise Relationship

HR Dept and Line Mgrs

 

Term

Control Role

Definition

HR Dept has authority

personnel policies

and procedures

Term
Balanced Scoredcard
Definition

Stockholders

Customers

Employees

All stakeholders satisfied

Term

Autonomy

Definition

Workers free from

direct supervision

Term
Baby Boom
Definition

After WWII

increase birthrate

(1910 had larger increase)

Term
Birth Dearth
Definition

Decline of birth rate

during Great Depression

Term
Birthrate
Definition

# of live births

per 1,000

Term
BLS
Definition

Bureau of Labor Statistics

in

DOL

info about Labor Mkt

Term
Centralized Authority
Definition

Decision making

with Top Mgrs

Term
Change Agent Role
Definition

Role of HR

in

Org. Dev. intervention

Term
Civilian Labor Force
Definition

All age 16 or older

Employed or Unemployed

Not Military

Not inmates (penal or mental)

Not in homes for the aged..

Term

Code of Ethics

Definition

Values of Organization

 

Term
Competitive Advantage
Definition

Position

Over

Competitor

Term
Competitor Analysis
Definition

Organizations use to compete

with each other

Term
Conflict of Interest
Definition

EE recieves personal gain

at the expense

of the Co

Term

Cooptation

Definition

A strategy

outside people

into Org

obligated to contribute

IE: Board of Dir

Term

Core Competency

Definition

Unique skills or resources

that give an Org

Competitive edge

Term
CPS
Definition

Current

Population

Survey

Term
Decentralized Authority
Definition

Org decisions

delegated to Mgrs

& Sups

Term

Division of Labor

Definition

Specialized jobs

Separate Individuals

Term

Effectiveness

Versus

Efficiency

Definition

Effectiveness - ratio of Input to Output

Versus

Efficiency - Entire cycle = input, sell, output

Term
Employment Exchange
Definition

Labor for rewards (wages, benefits..)

Agreement

Term
Empowerment
Definition

Stimulate followers

to be committed to

their work

Term
Environmental Scanning
Definition

Examining Demographic

and

Social Forces

Influencing the Labor force

Term
Environmental Uncertainty
Definition

Degree of predictability

Organizaton's environment

how rapidly it changes

Term
Expatriate Manager
Definition

Mgr assigned to

work

in a Foreign Country

Term
Fertility Rate
Definition

AVG # of Children

born to a Woman

during her

lifetime

Term
Field Experiment
Definition

study in an Org

indep. variable(nothing)

&

depend. varialbles ($ rewards)

IE: safety in the workplace

Key: causality

Term
Functional Departmentalization
Definition

Org Structure

jobs assigned to depts

by function

Term
Global Firm
Definition

Strategic Corp Units

in multiple countries

interact with each other

Term
HR Competencies
Definition

KSAs of HR Mgrs

strat. contr.

credibility

HR Tech.

Term
HR Dashboard
Definition

HR Metrics

for Mgrs

AKA: HR Scorecard

Strategic

Operational

Financial

Customer

 

Term
HR Metrics
Definition

Specifice indicators

measure progress

Term
HR Scorecard
Definition
See HR Dashboard
Term

Human Capital

ROI

Definition

Rev-[Op Exp - (Comp +Ben)]/ Comp + Ben
Term

Human Capital

Value Added

Definition
Rev - [OP Exp - (Comp + Ben)]/ FTE
Term
HR Audit
Definition

Eval of HR Dept

by Sup and Mgrs

How well they are doing

Term
HR Generalist
Definition

HR Mgr

understands

how HR interacts

with all other

business functions

Term
Human Resource Specialists
Definition

specialize in a HR funciton

IE: staffing, Comp, EE Relations

Term
Human Resource Value
Definition

expected fin. contr.

every EE

HR Acctg measurement

assesses value of HR

Term

Inducements-Contributions

Balance

Definition
Org. Rewards = EE Contrib.
Term
Laboratory Experiment
Definition

research study

controlled environment

IE: Assessment Centers

Term
Leading Indicator
Definition

Interprets HR Metrics

Most useful in Mgr decisions

Predicts the future

IE: time to fill

Term
Lagging Indicator
Definition

Interprets HR metrics

measures results

IE: sales, profits

Term
Line Authority
Definition

Authority to make decisions

to direct subordinates

production, sales, finance-related

activities

Term

Local National\

Or

Host Country Nationals

Definition

Work for a multinational Co

work in your own country

Term
Matrix Structure
Definition

Dual accountabilities

Functional and product

workers report to both

Term
MNE
Definition

Multinational

Enterprise

global firm

coporate units in foregn countries

Term

Organizational

Capabilities

Definition

What the Org can do

with KSAs, tech, experience

of employees

Term
Outlay Cost
Definition

Cost of recruiting

selecting

training

current employees

Term
Outsourcing
Definition

contracting

outside specialists

HR functions

Term
Participation Rates
Definition

% of Males or Females

in a particular age group

in labor force

Term
PEO
Definition

Professional

 Employment

Organizations

Contract EEs for HR

Co-employ EEs

Term

Product

Departmentalization

Definition

jobs assigned

by product

Term
Productivity
Definition

P = Goods & Serv.

EE Hrs

Term

 

Regression Analysis

Definition

Stat Tech

one Dep Variable

several other indep variables

IE: Retail internship P.40

Term

Reliability

Definition

constistency

of

measurement

Term
Replacement Cost
Definition

HR Acctg

cost to replace all EEs

Term
Service Role
Definition

HR provides

asstistance to

line mgrs

Term
Simple Random Sample
Definition

all EEs in a drawing

all have same probability

Term
Span of Control
Definition

# of subordinates

assigned to

supervisor

Term
Staff Authority
Definition

advise those who possess

authority

Term
Stratified Random Sample
Definition

grouping EEs

IE: job class or Org level

Then random selection

Term
SWOT analysis
Definition

Organizational analysis of its 

Strengths

Opportunities

Weaknesses

Threats

(to Develop a Strategy)

Term
Third Country National
Definition

EEs who are not

citizens of home or host country

Term
Time to Fill
Definition

Tot. days to fill

(req. appr to hire date)

divided by

# of hires

Term
Transactional Leadership
Definition

manage transactions

by using

rewards

Task instructions

corrective actions

Term

Transformational

Leadership

Definition

Empower EEs

resources

support

back

Term

Turnover Rate

(per month)

Definition

EE separations per Mo.

divided by

Avg # of EEs per Mo.

Times 100

Term
Unemployed
Definition

persons not employed

available for work

seeing employed

Term
Unobtrusive Measures
Definition

data collected

without

influencing EE behavior

IE: files, HRIS

Term
Validity
Definition

reasearch

measures

what its

supposed to

measure

Term
Value Chain
Definition

each firm is a link

and

adds value

and

passes it onto buyers

Term
Virtual Expatriate
Definition

Mgr

lives at home

works long distance

w/o relocating

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