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Questions for review
1. “Happiness at work” index: what is it? 2. Why is recruiting good people a difficult task? 3. Why do many companies use special testing systems for their candidates? 4. What is job description? Job specification? 5. What categories do HR managers consider in job specifications? 6. Speak about man profile. What items or points does it include? 7. What are the ways to reward employees? 8. What theories of organizing people do you know? 9. According to what theories are people within an organization grouped? 10. What are the functions of an HR manager? 11. What are the principal activities of such departments? 12. What other fields of management are the results of the activity of HR departments connected with? 13. What is the importance of HR department? 14. How many ways of finding a job can you think of? Which one is the most reliable? 15. Have you ever worked or done a holiday job? Share your experience. 16. What is motivation? What is a motive? 17. What factors do concepts of ability and motivation imply? Why are these factors so important? 18. Why is alignment with organizational goals considered a critical factor? 19. What motivating theories can you name? Explain each. Which one would you follow, as a manager? 20. How would you rank the motivating and hygiene factors of Herzberg’s theory for yourself? 21. What things did you like most about the best job you ever had? Does your answer conform to any of the motivation theories? 22. What motivates employees better: incentive schemes or cash rewards? Why? 23. Which material/non-material benefits would you provide your employees with, as a manager? 24. What is a reward? In what do extrinsic and intrinsic rewards differ? Do they have anything in common? 25. Is the average employee motivated by extrinsic or intrinsic rewards? Why? 26. What is, from your point of you, the general relation between age and job satisfaction? 27. What is the most motivation-oriented phase of life? Discuss why. 28. What factors motivate you more in your studies? Rank them in order of importance. LEXICAL MINIMUM Key terms
Employee employer executive applicant man profile Remuneration theory X theory Y incentive schemes Employee motivation motivation theory hierarchy of needs
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1. retention 35. aptitude 2. vacancy 36. aspiration 3. expansion 37. to fire 4. replacement 38. to hire 5. to coerce 39. poorly-chosen 6. inherently 40. ill-chosen 7. payroll 41. well-chosen 8. indisputable 42. to redeploy 9. assumptions 43. application 10. innate 11. downsizing 12. rightsizing 13. manpower 14. unskilled 15. motive 16. incentive 17. ability 18. training 19. peers 20. self-actualizing 21. self-esteem 22. self-prospect 23. recognition 24. achievement 25. advancement 26. promotion 27. fulfillment 28. tenure 29. redundancy Protection from Freedom from 32. shelter from 33. payoff 34. the red tape Word combinations
1. HR department 2. staff turnover 3. key vacancy 4. build up goodwill for a company 5. rooted in experience 6. to place a lot of confidence in smb 7. theory holds 8. average person 9. poorly-selected labor force 10. man profile 11. white/blue-collar jobs 12. to submit to smth 13. win a top job 14. job description 15. job specification 16. to correlate with smth 17. job mobility 18. to put through an interview 19. a scope of smth 20. a guide to smth 21. mechanical/motor skills 22. to make difference to smth 23. to gain recognition 24. career accomplishment 25. to shift to smth 26. to make demand on smth 27. pragmatic assumption 28. manual dexterity 29. personality traits 30. live by creeds and values 31. deeply embedded 32. to be indifferent to smth 33. payroll records 34. external control 35. to work under pressure 36. to avoid responsibility 37. to seak security 38. willingness to assume responsibility 39. to be enthusiastic about 40. alignment with organizational goals 41. to walk over smb 42. to be in sync with 43. social/psychological needs 44. motivating 45. hygiene factors 46. to maximize performance on the job 47. working conditions 48. fear ofdeprivation 49. growth needs 50. a sense ofaccomplishment 51. to work at a challenging job 52. fringe benefits 53. non-cash/cash rewards 54. to reap material benefits 55. status symbols 56. flexible hours 57. flexitime 58. to commute long distances 59. to be on track 60. to trigger feelings 61. to realize one’s potential 62. to feel valued 63. to feel short-changed 64. to be consistent with smth 65. to be reluctant to do smth 66. to be confident of smth 67. to be secondary tosmth 68. profit-sharing scheme 69. positive feedback 70. personal development 71. job performance Employee Motivation 1) Introduction 2) Recruiting 3) Job specification. Man profile 4) Theory X. Theory Y. 5) Concepts of ability and motivation 6) Employee motivation theories 7) Incentive schemes vs cash rewards 8) Conclusion
Date: 2016-01-03; view: 1487
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