Human Resource Management
What is Human Resource Management?
The strategic approach to the effective management of an organisation's workers so that they help the business achieve its objectives and gain a competitive advantage.
Which is an advantage of centralisation?
Rapid decision-marking.
Is someone who is responsable for setting objectives, organising resources and motivation employees so that the organisation's aims are met
What is organisational culture?
The shared values, attitudes and beliefs of the people working in an organisation that influence how they interact with each other and with external stakeholder groups.
What is labour turnover?
Measures the rate at which employees are leaving on organisation.
What is bureaucracy?
An organisational system with standardised procedures and rules.
Management of a business which follows the principles of efficiency derives from scientific experiments to improve productivity, especially those based on time-and-motion studies.
What is culture clash?
A conflict arising from the interaction of people with different values, attitudes and beliefs.
What is flexi-time?
A flexible way of working that allows employees to fit their working hours around their individual needs to allow for other commitments outside of work.
What is a hierarchial structure?
A structure in which power and responsability are clearly specified and allocated to invididuals according to their standing or position in the hierarchy.
What is intuitive management?
Decision-making based on the hunches and subconscious expertise of managers
What are the types of organisational culture?
Power culture, role culture, task culture, person culture and entrepreneurial culture.
What is geographical mobility of labour?
Extent to which workers are willing and able to move geographical region to take up new jobs.
What is delegation?
Passing authority down the organisational hierarchy.
Effective leadership varies with the task in hand and situational leaders adapt their leadership style to each situation
What is role culture?
Each member of staff has a clearly defined job tittle and role
What is a workforce audit?
A check on the skills and qualifications of all existing employees.
What is matrix structure?
An organisational structure that creates project teams from across traditional functional departments.
What is laissez-faire leadership?
A leadership style that leaves much of the business decision-making to workforce - a "hands-off" approach and the reverse of autocratic style.
What is entrepreneurial culture?
Encourages management and workers to take risks, to come up with new ideas and test out new business ventures