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Dictionary of Human Resources
Page 1 of 23 Contributed by: Salman Hafeez
 
Dictionary of Human Resources
Page 2 of 23 Contributed by: Salman Hafeez
Chapter 1: The Strategic Role of Human Resource ManagementKey TermsManagement Process
The five basic functions of management are: planning,organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling.
Human Resource
The staffing functions of the management process. Or, the policies
Management
and practices needed to carry out the "people" or human resourceaspects of a management position, including recruiting, screening,training, rewarding, and appraising.
 Authority
The right to make decisions, to direct the work of others, and togive orders.
Line Manager
 Authorized to direct the work of subordinates-they're alwayssomeone's boss. In addition, line managers are in charge of accomplishing the organization's basic goals.
Staff Manager
 Assist and advise line managers in accomplishing the basic goals. HR managers are generally staff managers.
Line Authority
The authority to direct the activities of the people in his or her owndepartment.
Implied Authority
The authority exerted by virtue of others' knowledge that he orshe has access to top management.
Functional Control
The authority exerted by a personnel manager as a coordinatorof personnel activities.
Employee Advocacy
HR must take responsibility for clearly defining how managementshould be treating employees, make sure employees have themechanisms required to contest unfair practices, and represent theinterests of employees within the framework of its primary obligation tosenior management.
Globalization
The tendency of firms to extend their sales or manufacturing tonew markets abroad.
Competitive Advantage
Factors that allow an organization to differentiate its product orservice from competitors to increase market share.
Cost Leadership
The enterprise aims to become the low-cost leader in an industry.
Differentiation
A firm seeks to be unique in its industry along dimensions that arewidely valued by buyers.
 
Dictionary of Human Resources
Page 3 of 23 Contributed by: Salman Hafeez
Chapter 3: Job Analysis
 
Key TermsJob Analysis
The procedure for determining the duties and skillrequirements of a job and the kind of person who should behired for it.
Job Description
 A list of a job's duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships,working conditions, and supervisory responsibilities--oneproduct of a job analysis.
Job Specification
 A list of a job's "human requirements," that is, the requisiteeducation, skills, personality, and so on--another product of a job analysis.
Diary/Log
Daily listings made by workers of every activity in which theyengage along with the time each activity takes.
Position Analysis
 A questionnaire used to collect quantifiable data concerningthe
Questionnaire (PAQ)
duties and responsibilities of various jobs.
Department of Labor
Standardized method for rating, classifying, andcomparing
Job Analysis
virtually every kind of job based on data, people, and things.
Functional Job Analysis
 A method for classifying jobs similar to theDepartment of Labor job analysis but additionally taking intoaccount the extent to which instructions, reasoning, judgment, and verbal facility are necessary for performing the job tasks. (page 97)
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