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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VIEW Strategic Human Resource Management Taken from: Strategic Human Resource Management‚ Second Edition by Charles R. Greer Copyright © 2001‚ 1995 by Prentice-Hall‚ Inc. A Pearson Education Company Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey 07458 Compilation Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Custom Publishing All rights reserved. This copyright covers material written expressly for this volume by the editor/s as well as the compilation itself. It does not cover the individual selections herein that
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Within the following essay‚ the three main Strategic approaches in Human Resource Management will be named and explained. Due to its complexity giving a detailed definition of HRM would significantly extend the report. Instead‚ a rather shallower one by D. Torrington‚ L. Hall and S. Taylor in the seventh edition of their Human Resource Management (2008): They state that “On the one hand it is used generically to describe the body of management activities” and continue that; “Used in this way HRM
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contributing significantly to better customer service. 5. Employees are updated on new and enhanced skills‚ with a view to aligning them to business goals and objectives. 6. After a downsizing‚ remaining workers are given the technical and management skills to handle increased workloads. 7. Companies with business problems are given a fresh or unbiased professional opinion or exploration‚ evaluation‚ or critique. 8. Job satisfaction‚ employee motivation and morale are
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Introduction Nowadays‚ with the ever increasing importance attached to human resource management in organisations around the globe‚ how to effectively conduct human resource management and meet business objectives has been heatedly debated over. In an attempt to have a further insight into human resource management‚ the concept of strategic human resource management is defined and introduced in this essay . Furthermore‚ in this essay‚ some “big issues” HR managers will need to consider‚ including
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Wind River Systems acquired ISI‚ but considering the size of ISI at that time‚ which was as big as Wind River Systems’ size‚ the employees were asked to use the term “merger” instead of “acquisition”. ! With the merger came a change in human resources (HR)‚ shifting the focal of Wind River Systems employees’ skill requirements from a more task based approach to a customer oriented approach. Before the transition‚ the sales unit was in charge of connecting the potential clients with the company
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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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Case study - 3 Patil‚ RK Materials‚ is very angry‚ anxious and restless. He bumped into Mehta‚ RK Materials‚ threw the resignation letter on his table‚ screamed and walked out of the room swiftly. Patil has a reason for his sudden outburst. Details of the story will tell the reasons for Patil’s anger and why he put his resignation‚ only four months after he took up his job. In the year 2000 Patil quit his prestigious Mittal plant at Vishakhapatnam. As a manager Materials‚ Patil had various powers
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Questions 1. What should be the format and final form of the store manager’s job description? There is no standard format as to what should be included in the job description of store manager but most job descriptions cover the following sections • Job identification • Job summary • Responsibilities and Duties • Authority of incumbent • Standards of performance • Working conditions • Job specification 2. Is it practical to specify standards and procedures in the body
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different strategic competitive models? What is relationship between different clusters of HR practices and organizational performance? For companies looking for ways to gain a competitive advantage‚ the implication of HR strategic choices for company’s performance is certainly the key factor. Recently business strategy researchers turned their attention to internal attributes of top firms looking at growth and utilization of human resources. This essay will aim to demonstrate how Strategic Human Resource
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