MIS 34180 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Layoff, Job Performance, Time

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Management and Information Systems
• Course: MIS 34180
• Professor: Mark D Whitmore

Document Summary

Responsibilities of hr departments: employment and recruiting, training and development, compensation, benefits, employee services, employee and community relations, personnel records, health and safety, strategic planning. Hrm practices: analysis and design of work, hr planning, recruiting, selection, training and development, compensation, performance management, employee relations. The human resource profession: salaries vary based on education experience and the type of industry, society for human resource management (shrm0)- primary professional organization for human resource managers. Iso 9000:2000: six sigma process, lean thinking. Prahalad for companies to focus on what they do well. Internal growth- market and product development, innovation and new joint ventures: external growth- acquiring vendors and suppliers or buying businesses that allow a company to expand into new markets. 1-22-19: downsizing- planned elimination of large numbers of personnel, designed to enhance organizational effectiveness, mergers and acquisitions, swot analysis, strengths, weaknesses, opportunity, threats, strategic planning and hrm linkages. Low interaction, hrm functions focus on daily activities.