COMMERCE 1E03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Job Sharing, Visible Minority, Equal Pay For Equal Work

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMMERCE 1E03
• Professor: Cossa Rita

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 objective of a job, the type of work to be done, the responsibilities and duties, the working conditions, and the relationship of the job to function. 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, to serve 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 improve productivity by increasing an employee"s ability to perform.