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3 phases of the employment cycle
Establishment, maitenence and termination.
Describe human resource management?
Managing the relationship between the employer and employees and involving the recruitment, selection, training, appraisal and dismal of staff.
Define Job description?
A written statement explaining an employees duties and responsibilities
Define selection?
Screening applicants for a position and picking the most appropriate one.
Identify three national employment standards (NES) and what is NES?
- Hours of work
- Annual leave
- Public Holidays
Employees are entitled to a set of employment standards these are the NES
Identify 3 parts of the establishment phase
- Staff Planning
- Recruitment
- Selection
Describe human resource planning and identify some of the internal and external environment that needs to be analyzed?
- Forecasting the number of employees needed now and in the future.
Internal: Technology, Structure, and size
External: Competition and economic trends
Define job specification?
A written statement explaining the qualifications required for the role
Identify 3 selection methods?
- Application forms
- Interviews
- Background checks
Name benefits of permanent and casual employment?
Permanent: Job security, guaranteed hours
Casual: Better pay
Identify 2 parts of the maintenance phase?
- Induction
- Training
Describe the effects of technological development on staffing needs?
- Redundancies
- Training required for staff to use technology
- Remote work
Define Job design?
Details the number, kind and variety of tasks that employees perform in their jobs.
- May include a variety of tasks to keep the employee interested and motivated.
Outline a cost which may arise from a poor selection method?
Increased expenses on training.
Identify two employee and employer expectations?
Employee: Job security and job flexibility
Employer: Employment contracts and Awards
Identify the two types of termination and explain them?
- Voluntary, where an employee retires
- Involuntary, where an employee has not chosen to leave
Outline what job analysis is?
- The study of an employees job in order to determine the duties performed
- Such as the responsibilities, equipment needed and time involved with those duties
Define internal recruitment and identify one advantage and disadvantage of it?
- Recruiting someone that's already employed with the business.
Advantages: The employee already understands the culture and it costs less.
Disadvantages: Conflict and damaged morale may occur if more than one employee wants the role.
Identify the three main employment arrangements and there entitlements?
- Full time, usually 38 hours per week
- Part Time, agreed number of working hours per week
- Casual, no set working hours or times
Identify 3 business objectives from staffing?
- Making a profit
- Expanding the business
- Increasing market share
Outline some methods used for a job analysis?
- The observation method
- The interview method
- Questionnaires
Define external recruitment and identify one advantage and disadvantage of it?
Recruiting someone who does not already work with the business.
Advantages: Wider range of applicants to choose from.
Disadvantages: The applicants are unknown, time consuming and costly for advertising.
Identify the three category's of employment arrangements and describe them?
- Permanent employment, full time and part time
- Non-permanent, Casual
- Fixed-term, Can be full time or part time and has an agreed finishing date for employment