Statements of desired achievement which provide direction for the business.
What are business objectives
This is a written statement describing the employee’s duties, and tasks and responsibilities associated with the job
What is a job description?
This is the process of attracting qualified job applicants from which to select the most appropriate person for a specific job.
What is recruitment?
The screening or sifting process that involves gathering information about each applicant for a position, and then using that information to choose the most appropriate applicant.
What is employee selection?
The production and/or selling of goods and services for the purpose of making the world a better place.
What is to fulfil a social need?
Involves forecasting the number of employees available and the number of qualified employees demanded in the future
What is Human Resource Planning
Applicants are already familiar with the business and its objectives
What is an advantage of internal recruitment?
This can provide an assessment of the actual skills needed to carry out the job
What is work testing?
This is the proportion of total sales controlled by the business
What is market share
This is a systematic study of each employee’s duties, tasks and work environment.
What is a Job Analysis
This is used to find suitable applicants from outside the business
What is external recruitment?
This may involve completing a multiple choice test online, or providing other information online.
What is online selection?
The three phases are establishment, maintenance and termination
What is the employment cycle
This is a list of the key qualifications needed to perform a particular job in terms of education, skills and experience.
What is a job specification?
There are costs associated with advertising the position.
What is a disadvantage of external recruitment?
This does not assess actual skills or abilities on the job
What is a disadvantage of interviews?
The effective management of the relationship between an employer and their employees, and involves all aspects of the employment cycle.
What is Human resource management?
This details the number, kind and variety of tasks that individual employees perform in their jobs.
What is a Job Design
This can lead to conflict or jealousies between employees.
What is a disadvantage of internal recruitment?
This relies on the applicant giving honest answers
What is a disadvantage of psychological testing?