IB Business Unit 2 Test (Human Resources) Revision Exam And All Correct Answers.
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Human Resource Management
appraisal - Answer refers to formal process of evaluating the contributions and performance of an employee, usually conducted through observations and interviews with the appraisee's line manager
external recruitment - Answer involves hiring staff from outside the organization to fill vaca...
IB Business Unit 2 Test (Human
Resources) Revision Exam And All
Correct Answers.
appraisal - Answer refers to formal process of evaluating the contributions and performance of an
employee, usually conducted through observations and interviews with the appraisee's line manager
external recruitment - Answer involves hiring staff from outside the organization to fill vacant posts
flexible work patterns - Answer the trend in using less core staff and more peripheral workers and
subcontractors to improve the flexibility and productivity of the workforce
human resource management - Answer refers to the role of managers in planning and developing the
organization's people. this involves recruitment, selection, dismissal, training and development of
employees
workforce planning (human resource planning) - Answer the management process of forecasting an
organization's current and future staffing needs.
internal recruitment - Answer practice of hiring people who already work for the firm to fill a position,
rather than employing someone new to the organization
job description - Answer document that outlines the nature of a particular job. used for the
recruitment and performance appraisal of employees
person specification - Answer document that gives the profile of the ideal candidate for a job, such as
their skills, qualifications, and experience
job analysis - Answer part of the recruitment process that involves scrutinizing the different
components of a job to determine what it entails.
, shamrock organization - Answer refers to Charles Handy's model that organizations are increasingly
made up of core staff who are supported by peripheral workers, consultants, and outsourced staff and
contractors.
teleworking - Answer method of workforce planning whereby employees work in a location away from
the workplace, such as those working from home or at call center
recruitment - Answer process of hiring suitable workers. this entails a thorough job analysis to ensure
that the best candidate is hired
accountability - Answer describes the extent to which a person is held responsible for the success or
failure of a task.
bureaucracy - Answer official administrative and formal rules of an organization that govern business
activity. involves prescribed rules and policies, standardised procedures, and formal hierarchical
structures
centralization - Answer occur when the majority of decision making is done by a very small number of
people who hold decision-making authority and responsibility.
chain of command - Answer refers to the formal line of authority shown in an organization chart,
through which formal orders are passed down
decentralization - Answer occurs when decision making authority and responsibility is shared out with
other in the organization
delayering - Answer the process of removing levels in the hierarchy to flatten the organizational
structure, thereby widening the span of control in the hierarchy
flat organizational structure - Answer there are only a few layers in a formal hierarchy and hence
managers have a relatively wide span of control
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