Managing Human Resources

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Hiring and keeping high-quality employees with the right set of skills is one of the most urgent concerns for today's organizations.

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The set of activities that are undertaken to attract, develop, and maintain an effective work force refers to human resource management.

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A key element of the strategic approach to human resource management argues that human resource management is NOT a matching process and managers should avoid attempts to match or integrate employees to the organization's strategy and goals.

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The three primary goals of human resource management are to find the right people, manage talent so that people achieve their potential, and maintain the workforce over the long term.

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Hiring the right people to apply new information technology for mobile business is a current strategic issue of particular concern to managers.

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The economic value of the combined knowledge, experience, skills, and capabilities of employees refers to personal capital.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Affirmative action requires that an employer take positive steps to guarantee promotion from within.

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Prohibition of discrimination against qualified individuals by employers on the basis of disability and the requirement that "reasonable accommodations" be provided for the disabled to allow performance of duties are enforced by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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The Family and Medical Leave Act established mandatory safety and health standards in organizations for working families.

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With a structured interview, the interviewer asks broad, open-ended questions and permits the applicant to talk freely, with minimal interruption.

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Sexual harassment is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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Employability and personal responsibility are part of the old social contract between employees and employers.

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Job security is an employee expectation that existed with the old social contract, but is no longer an expectation in the new social contract.

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Blind hiring focuses managers on an applicant's educational credentials, appearance, or prior experience rather than job skills and performance.

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Challenging assignments and creative development opportunities are part of the new social contract between employees and employers.

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In 2015, the average time it took for companies to hire reached an all-time low.

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Fast track hiring involves buying an early-stage start-up (and usually shutting it down) in order to obtain the creative talent.

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The first three steps involved in attracting an effective workforce are HR planning, choosing recruiting sources, and selecting the candidate.

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Complaints of sexual harassment by men against both male and female bosses have decreased in recent years.

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