Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Jargon, Performance Appraisal

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: James O' Brien

Document Summary

Still, many common threads: contributions from ss, environmental issues and open system. Why do people hate hr? online article why we hate hr hammonds, k: hr people make us do stuff we don"t want to do. Western faculty had to take quiz about hazardous material: must comply employer"s duty to employees; important, but not glamorous, hr people have no strategic mindset, but that"s a shame! Key driver of business performance actually, but it consistently underdelivers. What is integration: problem of focusing on input and activities rather than outcomes, bad practice in hr: Many things are poorly understood (compensation, performance appraisal / management, job training) Hr manager would usually have least say in meeting: language of hr is soft (vague, imprecise) and jargon (obscure terms with specific technical meanings); remedy is to use language advisedly.