Try Magic Notes and save time.Try it free

Try Magic Notes and save timeCrush your year with the magic of personalized studying.Try it free

Ch.11 Human Resource Management

Get a hint

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Click the card to flip 👆

1 / 41

1 / 41

Terms in this set (41)

Human Resource Management (HRM)

The process of determining human resource needs and then recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating and scheduling employees to achieve organizational goals.

HRM's role has grown because of

1) Increased recognition of employees as a resource.
2) Changes in law that rewrote old workplace practices.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title VII prohibits discrimination in hiring, firing, compensation, apprenticeships, training, terms, conditions or privileges of employment based on:
-Race
-Religion
-Creed
-Sex
-Age
-National Origin

1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA)

-Strengthened the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
-Gave EEOC the right to issue workplace guidelines for acceptable employer conduct.
-EEOC could mandate specific recordkeeping procedures.
-EEOC was vested with the power of enforcement.

Affirmative Action

Policy designed to "right past wrongs" by increasing opportunities for minorities and women.