Strategy + People Resourcing
What are the different steps in the people resourcing process?
Planning, recruitment, selection, induction
What is good and what is dangerous about a high performance culture?
Good because it influence employees to put effort into their jobs + it means that the company thrives
Dangerous if it translates into a cult - where is the stop-line?
What is basic and variable pay?
Basic = fixed rate for a job in a fixed period
Variable = Dependent on something
What is the old understanding of HRD? What is the modern understanding of HRD?
Modern = Also focus on what the employees need. Proactive: what skills do they need in the future?
What are the 3 models of career management?
What is the best-fit perspective?
What are the two axises in the 9-box grid? What do you use the grid for?
Performance and potential
The employee is placed in the grid - makes a judgement about the next step for the employee
What is vertical and horizontal integration?
Vertical = Alignment with corporate goals
Horizontal = Alignment with other main functions of HRM
Mention the 3 levels of HRD
Individual
Societal
Organizational
Explain Lazarus' stress theory
(change management)
A theory explaining how people cope with stress and what happens when people are faced with a stressed situation
There are two evaluation steps:
1. Evaluate the degree of threat
2. Evaluate whether you have the skills to deal with the change
What two analyses is a part of the 'planning' step in people resourcing?
Analysis of external context (demand forecasting) + analysis of internal context (supply forecasting)
What is the crowding-out effect?
Every time someone is intrinsically motivated by something and you add extrinsic motivation on top of that - crowding out shows when you take away the extrinsic motivation - you take away the intrinsic motivation as well
What is meant with "buying" and "making" when talking about HRD?
Recruiting (buying) vs. HRD (making)
(Diversity)
What is the liberal approach? What is the managing diversity approach?
Liberal = everyone is equal
Managing diversity approach = encouraging diversity
What two approaches exists for doing recruitment and selection?
The systematic approach (job analysis, job despriction, person specification)
Competency framework (for your company in general you hire for skills and competencies which are going to make the person sucesfull in the company in the long run and in different jobs)
What are the 4 steps in the performance management cycle?
(1) observe (2) plan (3) act, monitor, support (4) review, rate, reward
Mention the 3 forms of reward?
Financial (pay or earnings)
Non-financial (non-financial)
Benefits and perks (non-pay elements of reward packages)
Explain the steps in the systematic training model
It is a by-product of the performance management cycle
1. Identify
2. Design
3. Implement
4. Monitor
(Conflict management)
Explain the grid "expressions of employee dissatisfaction"
What are the two premises of Ulrich et. al (2008)?
1: HR structure should reflect the business organization
2: (To respond to prevailing diversified/allied business models) HR work can be divided into five roles and responsibilities
Lack of performance can be caused by...?
Explain the self-determination theory
Explain Mintberg's model
Shows that there are different strategies and why it makes sense for companies to do HRD
You have a plan for the future which is being implemented, resulting in the realized strategy
If not possible to follow the plan: abortion and follow the emergent strategy --> You do not know what skills are needed when following an emergent strategy - you should enable people to be able to see the opportunity (creativity + innovation)
(HRM anbd well-being)What does well-being at work mean? Mention some of the 'domains' and 'indicative elements'
Physical --> e.g. working environment
Values --> E.g. diversity
Personal development --> e.g. Career development
Emotional --> positive relationships
Work/organization --> Change management