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is the transferring of responsibility and decision-making authority from a central office to people and locations closer to the situation that demands attention. |
Decentralization |
central |
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an employee directly involved with making the company goods or delivering a service |
Line employee |
out in front |
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reduction in company workforce to improve its bottom line |
downsizing |
reduction |
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majority of disability claims filed by |
current employees that have been injured |
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a team or task force consisting of workers who span the functional organizational boundaries and whose purpose is to examine complex issues is call a |
special purpose team |
group of workers |
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the________ concept of management that asserts management practices should be molded to the different sets of values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors exhibited by a diverse workforce. |
cultural relativity |
molded values, beleifs |
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an _________ is a program in which promising prospective employees are groomed before they are actually hired on a permanent basis. |
apprenticeship |
wrap shop |
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a _____ is a review of the effectiveness of an organizations diversity. |
diversity audit |
diversity |
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if labor demand exceeds labor supply, HR needs can best be met through..... |
worker training |
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if labor demand equals labor supply, HR needs can best be met by..... |
transfering employees internally |
use what you have |
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in the hiring process, generating a pool of qualified candidates for a job constitutes the _______ phase. |
recruitment |
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____ is the process an organization uses to ensure that it has the right amount and the right kind of people to deliver a particular level of output or services in the future. |
Human Resource planning |
future |
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____ is the process of making a Hire or no-hire decision regarding each applicant. |
selection |
yes or no |
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Concept of doing more with less people |
Rightsizing |
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