1.5 Key Terms
Key Terms
- Talent Management: A Human Resources responsibility which includes recruitment, selection, retention and development of superior employees. 1.1
- Human Resources (HR): A department whose responsibilities include a broad range of functions that focus on managing and supporting the employees within their organization. 1.1
- Recruitment: The process of attracting a pool of potential candidates for a job opening. 1.1
- Selection: Assessing and choosing the best-fit candidate from that pool. 1.1
- Telework: Working from home or a remote location rather than an office. 1.2
- Flexible Work Schedule: A work schedule which allows for irregularities in shift times, days off, and other time-related considerations. 1.2
- Social Networking: The communication of job postings in public spaces such as job boards and social media platforms. 1.2
- Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS): Software intended to assist HR in the organization and management of their personnel. 1.2
- HR Analytics: Data analytics intended to help HR improve the performance of their organization’s workforce. 1.2
- Diversity of the Workforce: The growing trend towards workforces being comprised of more disparate groups based on factors of age, race, sex, disability status, and religious belief. 1.2
- Organization: The sorting of information to allow the management of responsibilities to be swift and accurate. 1.3
- People Skills: Interpersonal skills such as dealing with large personalities, handling conflict, and coaching others in these skills. 1.3
- Ability to Communicate: The skill of delivering news (good or bad) in such a way as to not disturb the comfort of those the news is being delivered to. 1.3
- Ethics: The moral rights and wrongs of business. 1.3
