People
Organization
Workplace
HR Competencies
People 2
100

Plan or method implemented by an organization that provides monetary, benefits-in-kind, and developmental rewards to employees who achieve specific business goals.

What is Total rewards strategy

100

Refers to the extent to which rules, policies, and procedures govern the behavior of employees in an organization.

What is Formalization

100

U.S. act that prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of age.

What is Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

100

Amount of owners’ or shareholders’ portion of a business.

What is Equity

100

Using the Internet to conduct meetings and give presentations to an audience who has joined the meeting remotely.

What is Webconferencing

200

Process by which employees are provided with the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) specific to a task or job.

What is Training

200

HR structural alternative in which headquarters HR specialists craft policies and HR generalists located within divisions or other locales implement the policies, adapt them as needed, and interact with employees.

What is Functional HR

200

Modification of the U.S. Constitution or a U.S. law.

What is Amendment

200

In communication, structuring a message to include opportunities for correction or clarification. This requires two-way communication.

What is Feedback loop

200

Form of webconferencing where a presenter facilitates communication of material or information to an audience in real time.

What is Webinar

300

Effective and continuing on-the-job application of the knowledge and skills gained through a training experience.

What is Transfer of learning

300

Organizational structure in which departments are defined by the services they contribute to the organization’s overall mission, such as marketing and sales, operations, and HR.

What is Functional structure

300

U.S. act that prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of his/her disability.

What is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

300

Small group of invited persons (typically six to twelve) who actively participate in a structured discussion, led by a facilitator, for the purpose of eliciting their input.

What is Focus group

300

Physical, psychological, and social aspects of employee health.

What is Well-being

400

Actions, processes, or results that are needed to deliver a desired value.

What are Value drivers

400

Organizational structure in which geographic regions define the organizational chart.

What is Geographic structure

400

Expected monetary loss for an asset due to a risk over a one-year period; calculated by multiplying single loss expectancy by annualized rate of occurrence.

What is Annualized loss expectancy (ALE)

400

Group decision-making tool designed to analyze the forces favoring and opposing a particular change. A factor is weighted, and the factors on each side are summed and compared.

What is Force-field analysis

400

Instructional systems design framework consisting of five steps that guide the design and development of learning programs.

What is the ADDIE model

500

People who learn best by relying on their sense of sight.

What are Visual learners

500

Orderly way to resolve differences of opinion.

What is Grievance procedure

500

Employees who work outside their home countries.

What is Assignees

500

Process of constructing a message so that an audience sees communicated facts in a certain way and is persuaded to take a certain action.

What is Framing

500

Activities that focus on preparing employees for future responsibilities while increasing their capacity to perform their current jobs.

What are Developmental activities