C h a p t e r 12 GLOSSARYGLOSSARY EXIT Glossary Modern Management, 9 th edition Click on terms for...
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C h a p t e r 12 G L O S S A R Y EXIT Glossary Modern Management, 9 th edition Click on terms for definitions Affirmative action programs Appropriate human resources Assessment center Human resource inventory Job analysis Job description Job specification Lecture Management inventory card Management manpower replacement chart On-the-job training Performance appraisal Position replacement form Programmed learning Recruitment Selection Testing The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Training Training needs
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Affirmative action programsAppropriate human resources
Assessment centerHuman resource inventory
Job analysisJob description
Job specificationLecture
Management inventory cardManagement manpower replacement chart
On-the-job trainingPerformance appraisal
Position replacement formProgrammed learning
RecruitmentSelectionTesting
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)Training
Training needs
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Affirmative action programs are organizational programs whose basic
purpose is to eliminate barriers against and increase employment opportunities for
underutilized or disadvantaged individuals.
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Appropriate human resources are the individuals in the organization who make a
valuable contribution to management system goal attainment.
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An assessment center is a program in which participants engage in, and are
evaluated on, a number of individual and group exercises constructed to simulate important activities at the organizational
levels to which they aspire.
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A human resource inventory is an accumulation of information about the
characteristics of organization members; this information focuses on members’ past performance as well as on how they might
be trained and best used in the future.
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Job analysis is a technique commonly used to gain an understanding of what a
task entails and the type of individual who should be hired to perform that task.
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A job description is a list of specific activities that must be performed to
accomplish some task or job.
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A job specification is a list of the characteristics of the individual who
should be hired to perform a specific task or job.
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A lecture is primarily a one-way communication situation in which an
instructor trains an individual or group by orally presenting information.
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The management inventory card is a form used in compiling a human resource inventory. It contains the organizational
history of an individual and indicates how that individual might be used in the
organization in the future.
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The management manpower replacement chart is a form used in
compiling a human resource inventory. It is people oriented and presents a composite view of individuals
management considers significant to human resource planning.
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On-the-job training is a training technique that blends job-related
knowledge with experience in using that knowledge on the job.
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Performance appraisal is the process of reviewing past productive activity to
evaluate the contribution individuals have made toward attaining management system
objectives.
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The position replacement form is used in compiling a human resource inventory. It
summarizes information about organization members who could fill a
position should it open up.
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Programmed learning is a technique for instructing without the presence or
intervention of a human instructor. Small pieces of information requiring responses are presented to individual trainees, and
the trainees determine from checking their responses against provided answers whether their understanding of the
information is accurate.
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Recruitment is the initial attraction and screening of the supply of prospective
human resources available to fill a position.
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Selection is choosing an individual to hire from all those who have been recruited.
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Testing is examining human resources for qualities relevant to performing available
jobs.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an agency established to enforce federal laws
regulating recruiting and other employment practices.
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Training is the process of developing qualities in human resources that will enable them to be more productive.
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Training needs are the information or skill areas of an individual or group that require
further development to increase the productivity of that individual or group.
