THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL CRITERION SPECIFICITY AND STATISTICAL EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION H. W. Hennessey Jr. and H. John Bernardin Plaintiffs’ expert witnesses in EEO cases involving performance appraisals often claim that adverse impact is a result of the type of rating format used. Their theory is that more specific rating criteria will lead to lessened adverse impact. We tested that theory by comparing data from a simple category-based rating system against data from
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Impact of HR Practices on Organizational Performance in Bangladesh Mir Mohammed Nurul Absar1 abstract Impact of human resource management practices on organizational performance has been a widely researched area for years. But unfortunately‚ very insufficient number of studies have been conducted on this area in the context of Bangladesh and other developing countries. This study was undertaken to fill this obvious research gap. Data collected from fifty manufacturing firms in Bangladesh shows
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Task statements: Human Resources Receptionist | |To whom/what/action directed |How is action the action |Why is action performed | |What Action is being performed | |performed | | |Assist |Public/employees |Greet direct |Give information | |Process |Forms
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CASE 1 Case questions and answers Question.no.1 Discuss what a manager should do in each of the two Michigan cases. Answer: Office Equipment repair technician Although it is risky but the manager should give him a second chance‚ because by the nature of job (i.e. job of technician) it does not seem that he would be in direct contact with potential victims. It is risky because the job is a field job that is visiting other organizations and repairing their equipments. It is also possible that
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www.ccsenet.org/ibr International Business Research Vol. 4‚ No. 1; January 2011 The Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Corporate Performance: A Study of Graphic Communications Group Limited Rosemond Boohene‚ PhD (Corresponding author) School of Business University of Cape Coast‚ Cape Coast Tel: 233-20-710-5865 E-mail: rboohene@yahoo.com Ernesticia Lartey Asuinura School of Business University of Cape Coast‚ Cape Coast Tel: 233-33-213-7870 Abstract E-mail: ticialassuinura@yahoo
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Theories of HRM Equity theory Equity theory is a theory that attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. Considered one of the justice theories‚ equity theory was first developed in 1963 by John Stacey Adams. Employees seek to maintain equity between the inputs that they bring to a job and the outcomes that they receive from it against the perceived inputs and outcomes of others. Equity theory
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2 GOVERNANCE IN A HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION. BEST PRACTICE‚ BEST FIT‚ OR RELIANCE ON IDEALISM? 6 Abstract Humanitarian organizations are pressured to professionalize and streamline their Human Resource Management (HRM) governance structure as a means to improve humanitarian aid provision. In the HRM literature‚ two perspectives advocate different ways to achieve this: the universalist (best practices) and the contingency (best fit) approach. Since the humanitarian sector is historically known
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Previous decades have seen considerable changes within implementation of human resource planning. The following report has been devised in order to analyse occurrence and reasoning of these changes. The following points shall be reviewed: Identification of the different drivers which affect organisational management. Analysis of the changes in human resource management implementation consequential of the above stated changes. Explanation of adaptations of the recruitment and selection
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2010‚ Managing Human Resources‚ 3rd edn‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ Milton‚ Qld. In chapter 1 of the text‚ the author shows an overview of human resource management and strategic human resource management. The author also shows the relationship between HRM and management‚ manager’s role meaning of strategy‚ strategic approach to HRM and strategic challenges. Lots of diagrams and explanations are used by the author. This chapter has contributed to my understanding of strategic human resource management by
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it costs much time and resource for both recruiter and applicant. And the recruiter is more powerful in this relationship. Recommendations – The paper provides four recommendations for recruiter and applicant respectively to overcome the asymmetrical power relationship in recruitment and selection. Introduction The successful recruitment and selection have proved to be a vital part of business success. Recruitment and selection have proved to be a human resource planning activity and play
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