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Training programs involving a period during which a learner works alongside an experienced employee to master the skills and procedures of a craft.
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Benefit plans that allow employees to choose which benefits they want up to a certain dollar amount.
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Work schedule that allows an employee to work a full number of hours per week but in fewer days. For example working 9:00-7:00 pm and getting Friday off
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Workers who do not have regular, full-time employment.
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Core time refers to the period when all employees are expected to be at their job stations. For example, an organization may designate core time as between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. and between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. During these hours, all employees are required to be at work
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Education for new hires. The activity that introduces new employees to the organization; to fellow employees; to their immediate supervisors; and to the policies, practices, values, and objectives of the firm.
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Employment activities designed to “right past wrongs” by increasing opportunities for minorities and women.
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Giving workers the education and tools they need to make decisions.
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Work schedule that gives employees some freedom to choose when to work, as long as they work the required number of hours.
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Benefits such as sick-leave pay, vacation pay, pension plans, and health plans that represent additional compensation to employees beyond base wages.
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The difference between wages earned by men and wages earned by women for the same job.
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The process of determining human resource needs and then recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating, and scheduling employees to achieve organizational goals.
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A study of what is done by employees who hold various job titles.
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A summary of the objectives of a job, the type of work to be done, the responsibilities and duties, the working conditions, and the relationship of the job to other functions.
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An arrangement whereby two part-time employees share one full-time job. This is often done when a person has responsibilities at home that preclude full-time work, and the co-operate with another employee who is trained in the same job as they are.
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The use of equipment that duplicates job conditions and tasks so that trainees can learn skills before attempting them on the job.
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A written summary of the minimum qualifications required of workers to do a particular job.
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The process of training and educating employees to become good managers and then monitoring the progress of their managerial skills over time.
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An experienced employee who supervises, coaches, and guides lower-level employees by introducing them to the right people and generally being their organizational sponsor.
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The process of establishing and maintaining contacts with key managers in one’s own organization and other organizations and using those contacts to weave strong relationships that serve as informal development systems.
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Training that occurs away from the workplace and consists of internal or external programs to develop any of a variety of skills or to foster personal development.
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Web-based education. Training programs in which employees “attend” classes via the Internet.
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Training in which the employee immediately begins his or her tasks and learns by doing, or watches others for a while and then imitates them, all right at the workplace.
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Equal pay for work of equal value.
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An evaluation in which the performance level of employees is measured against established standards to make decisions about promotions, compensation, additional training, or firing.
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Hiring people. The set of activities used to obtain a sufficient number of the right people at the right time.
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The unfairness that unprotected groups (say, whites or males) may perceive when protected groups receive preference in hiring and promotion.
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Choosing people. The process of gathering information and deciding who should be hired, under legal guidelines, for the best interests of the individual and the organization.
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All attempts to improve productivity by increasing an employee’s ability to perform. Training focuses on short-term skills, whereas development focuses on long-term abilities.
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A measure of the percentage of employees that leave a firm each year.
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Training done in schools where employees are taught on equipment similar to that used on the job.
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