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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multi-plant conglomerate owned by a prestigious business house in India. The perks‚ reputation and designation of the conglomerate attracted Patil away from the public sector steel monolith. When he joined the eucalyptus pulp making company‚ little did Patil realize that he needed prior approval to place an order for materials worth Rs.25lakh. He thought that he had the authority to place an order for materials by himself worth half the amount of what he used to as at the Mega Steel maker. He placed
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HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES AND ITS OBJECTIVES Human resource policies are the formal rules and guidelines that businesses put in place to hire‚ train‚ assess‚ and reward the members of their workforce. These policies‚ when organized and disseminated in an easily used form‚ can serve to preempt many misunderstandings between employees and employers about their rights and obligations in the business place. Human resource policies are systems of codified decisions‚ established by an organization‚ to support
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Spring‚ 2013 Safety Net Theory Define the Safety Net Theory. It is poorly trained‚ looking for easy way out‚ short term thinking. Its toxic. Describe the “toxic net” that is used by managers to get compliance. Everything needs an incentive or a threat. (extrinsic motivation) Describe the “purity approach” that is used by leaders to get engaged employees Difficult at first‚ gets easier and do get predictable behavior thru a pure culture. Intrinsic motivation‚ it’s more of an
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Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of‚ management of‚ and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. HRM can also be performed by line managers. HRM is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation‚ hiring‚ performance management‚ organization development‚ safety‚ wellness‚ benefits‚ employee motivation‚ communication‚ administration‚ and training. HRM is also a strategic
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Human resource also known as manpower or human capital can be defined as the staffs recruited by the organization for them to work. Human resource management (HRM) is a complex issue and many authors have tried to explain it and some definitions are below: “HRM is a distinctive approach to employment management which seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce‚ using an array of cultural‚ structural and personnel techniques
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Introduction Most organizations view Human Resources (HR) department as an administrative function and ignore the need and opportunity to align it with its strategic plans. The irony with HR being left out of strategy planning is that by its nature‚ HR is about people‚ which is the core of an organization and its strategic plan. It is hard to measure HR success and thus it is considered “soft” and not important in the strategy development. In contrast to the HR administrative function‚ strategic
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GCMMF’s endeavors. The vast and complex supply chain stretches from small suppliersto large fragmented markets.Management of this network is made more complex by the fact that GCMMF is directlyresponsible only for a small part of the chain‚ with a number of third party players(distributors‚ retailers and logistics support providers) playing large roles.Managing this supply chain efficiently is critical as GCMMF’s competitive position isdriven by low consumer prices supported by a low cost system
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________ are the resources that provide utility value to all other resources. 2. The term procurement stands for 3. The characteristics of human resources are ________ in nature 4. Identify the managerial function out of the following functions of HR managers. 5. Which of the following is an example of operative function of HR managers? 6. The scope of human resource management includes 7. Human resource management is normally ________
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Chapter 9 Performance Management & Appraisal 1. | Define performance appraisal | 2. | Steps in appraising performance/process in appraising performance | 3. | Reasons/importance/purposes/objectives to appraise subordinates performance | 4. | Graphic rating Scale Method (Example‚ Advantage & Disadvantage) | 5. | Alternation Ranking Method (Example‚ Advantage & Disadvantage) | 6. | Paired Ranking Method | 7. | Critical incident method (Example
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