COMM 1010 : COMM 1010 - Chapter 12 Vocabulary.docx

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 1010
• Professor: Mc Larney

Document Summary

Human resource management: the process of determining human resource needs and then recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating, and scheduling employees to achieve organizational goals. Job analysis: a study of what is done by employees who hold various job titles. Job description: a summary of the objectives of a job, the type of work to be done, the responsibilities and duties, the working conditions, and the relationship of the job to other functions. Job specifications: a written summary of the minimum qualifications required of workers to do a particular job. Recruitment: the set of activities used to obtain a sufficient number of the right people at the right time. Selection: the process of gathering information and deciding who should be hired, under legal guidelines, for the best interests of the individual and the organization. Contingent workers: workers who do not have regular, full-time employment. Training and development: all attempts to increase productivity by increasing an employee"s ability to perform.