HRM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Job Performance, In Essence, Performance Appraisal

• School: Temple University
• Department: Human Resource Management
• Course: HRM 1101
• Professor: You Jin Kim

Document Summary

Individuals; so we need to know how to manage people at work. Internal movements caused by transfers, promotions, turnover, retirements, etc: recruitment. Downsizing: downsizing: planned elimination of large numbers of personnel to enhance organizational competitiveness, reasons for downsizing, reduce labor costs, technological changes reduce need for labor, mergers and acquisitions reduce bureaucratic overhead. Possible negative effects of downsizing: long-term effects of an improperly managed downsizing effort can be negative, lower long-term profit, performance and productivity, loss of talent, disrupts social networks needed for creativity and innovation. Staffing the organization: recruitment, the development of a pool of applicants for jobs in an organization. Internal: from other departments: reliable, predictable, external: from schools and from other companies, fresh. Vacancy characteristics: actual (not espoused) rankings, pay, challenges and responsibilities, job security, advancement opportunities, location, benefits, travel requirements. Recruiters: small impact on job acceptance, traits, warm and informative, realism, realistic job preview, honesty.