Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parental Leave, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Absenteeism

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: Hayden Woodley

Document Summary

Policies, practices, and systems that influence employees" behaviour, attitudes, and performance. Wf: identify the number and type of employees. Se: what makes for the best employee, how to chose. Cr: how we pay people, how we rewards. Ethics : the fundamental principles of right or wrong. For hr practices to be considered ethical they must . Provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Rynes et al. (2002) asked hr professionals these and other questions. Found some discrepancies between research findings and practitione rs" beliefs. In particular, practitioners placed little faith in intelligence a nd personality tests. Evidence-based management: translating principles into practice based on the best scientific evidence rather than personal preference. Hypothesis: a formal statement of the expected relationship betwee n two variables. E. g. , we hypothesize that people who are trained in groups will perfor m better than people who are trained alone.