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

Words

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

30. protection from

31. 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

1. white/blue-collar jobs

11. to submit to smth

12. win a top job

13. job description

14. job specification

15. to correlate with smth

16. job mobility

17. to put through an interview

18. a scope of smth

19. a guide to smth

20. mechanical/motor skills

21. to make difference to smth

22. to gain recognition

23. career accomplishment

24. to shift to smth

25. to make demand on smth

26. pragmatic assumption

27. manual dexterity

28. personality traits

29. live by creeds and values

30. deeply embedded

31. to be indifferent to smth

32. payroll records

33. external control

34. to work under pressure

35. to avoid responsibility

36. to seak security

37. willingness to assume responsibility

38. to be enthusiastic about

39. alignment with organizational goals

40. to walk over smb

41. to be in sync with

42. social/psychological needs

43. motivating

44. hygiene factors

45. to maximize performance on the job

46. working conditions

47. fear of deprivation

48. growth needs

49. a sense of accomplishment

50. to work at a challenging job

51. fringe benefits

52. non-cash/cash rewards

53. to reap material benefits

54. status symbols

55. flexible hours

56. flexitime

57. to commute long distances

58. to be on track

59. to trigger feelings

60. to realize one’s potential

61. to feel valued

62. to feel short-changed

63. to be consistent with smth

64. to be reluctant to do smth

65. to be confident of smth

66. to be secondary to smth

67. profit-sharing scheme

68. positive feedback

69. personal development

70. job performance