BUSI 2312U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Human Resource Management, Millennials, Job Analysis
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2) business: major activity, 3) functional: managers of different activities/services: strategic hrm- integrate hrm strategies & systems to support organization. Technological force- technologies influences organization, way people work: flexible work design-how technology influences organization & way people work. Information sharing and knowledge management-process of capturing info & make it available for sharing and building new knowledge: automation-automatically controlled operation of a process, equipment by mechanical/electronic devices. Demographic force: gender balance in the workplace-the education levels, the age levels, the percentage of the population participating in the workforce and other population characteristics. Generation y, is qualitatively different from either of the above groups, they seek continuous learning, ongoing feedback, teamwork, up-to-date technology, security, respect and work-life balance. Cultural force: firm faces cultural differences among employees: diversity-cultural mosaic- canadian ideal of encouraging each ethnic, racial, and social group to maintain its own cultural heritage, forming a national mosaic of different cultures, ethics- ethical conducts of business.
