TERMS
HR Strategy
Talent Acquisition
Theories- Processes-Methods
TA Terms
100

This power is created formally through a title or position.

What is legitimate power?

100

Involves the activities necessary for developing, implementing, managing, and evaluating direction required to achieve organizational success and to create value for stakeholders.

What is HR Strategy?

100

The HR function that acts on the organizational human capital needs identified through workforce planning.

What is staffing?

100

These methods help organizations build high-quality workforces by identifying individuals who have real potential to perform effectively, achieve results, and make important contributions to the job

What are assessment methods?

100

The number of people on the organization's payroll at a particular time.

What is head count?

200

Traits that are recognizable and visible.

What is legacy?

200

The growth strategy where an existing facility and its operations are acquired and run by the purchaser without major changes.

What is a turnkey operation?

200

The process of encouraging candidates to apply for job openings.

What is recruitment?

200

The process of positioning an organization as an "Employer of Choice".

What is employment branding?

200

Individual is unaware of the bias.

What is unconscious bias?

300

The extent to which a person feels welcomed, supported, and valued.

What is inclusion?

300

A systematic approach for business improvement, requiring that all people and processes in an organization work to continuously improve.

What is Kaizen?

300

Attempts to measure a person’s social interaction skills and patterns of behavior.

What are personality tests?

300

This process involves answering these four basic questions – What are the internal strengths? What are the internal weaknesses?  What external opportunities are present?  What external threats must be accepted or managed?  

What is SWAT Analysis?

300

Feeling that success is due to luck, not hard work or skills.  This can lead individuals to feel unfit for their current role.

What is the imposter syndrome?

400

Traits that are recognizable and visible.

What is legacy?

400

Helps organizations make the right measurements.

What are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?

400

The precursor to actual recruitment.

What is sourcing?

400

The Needs Theory where leaders believe that employees dislike rigid controls and inherently want to accomplish something.

What is Theory Y Needs Theory?

400

A questionnaire structured to measure a range of job elements and relate them to human characteristics.

What is Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)

500

Individual understands they have a bias.

What is conscious bias?

500

Derives from quality principles and refers to a level of quality so high that very few errors occur.

What is Six Sigma project management?

500

A procedure used by organizations to assess those who abuse alcohol and drugs.

What are drug tests?

500

The theory that states behavior is driven by intrinsic and extrinsic factors and motivation is created by appealing to individual desires or needs.

What is Herzberg's Motivational Hygiene Theory?

500

A self-scoring assessment instrument that can help individuals or groups identify their current strengths and weaknesses within four critical skills areas important for effective cross-cultural communication and interaction.

What is Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI)?