Questions for review

1. Why is Human Resource management a challenge to all HR professionals?

2. “Happiness at work” index: what is it?

3. Why is recruiting good people a difficult task?

4. What is job description? Job specification?

5. Speak about man profile. What items or points does it include?

6. What are the ways to reward employees?

7. What theories of organizing people do you know?

8. According to what theories are people within an organization grouped?

9. What does Theory X hold?

10. What does Theory Y hold?

11. What are the functions of an HR manager?

12. What are the principal activities of HR departments?

13. How many ways of finding a job can you think of? Which one is the most reliable?

14. Putting interviewees under a lot of pressure at job interviews is generally helpful to the process of finding out about the person. Do you agree? Why? Why not?

15. Have you ever worked or done a holiday job? Part-time 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. What motivation theories can you name? Explain each. Which one would you follow, as a manager?

19. How would you rank the motivating and hygiene factors of Herzberg’s theory for yourself?

20. What things did you like most about the best job you ever had? Does your answer conform to any of the motivation theories?

21. What motivates employees better: incentive schemes or cash rewards? Why?

22. Which material/non-material benefits would you provide your employees with, as a manager?

23. Is the average employee motivated by extrinsic or intrinsic rewards? Why?

24. What is the most motivation-oriented phase of life? Discuss why.

25. What factors motivate you more in your studies? Rank them in order of importance.

Lexical minimum

Key terms

employee

employer

motivation

applicant

man profile

theory X

theory Y

hierarchy of needs

Words and word combinations

1. retention, n

2. inherently, adv

3. indisputable, adj

4. innate, adj

5. downsizing, n

6. rightsizing, n

7. manpower, n

8. unskilled, pp

9. employ, v

10. aptitude, n

11. valid, adj

12. aspiration, n

13. fire, v

14. hire, v

15. recruit, n,v

16. retain, v

17. executive. n

18. redeploy, v

19. shift to, v

20. harassment, n

21. stimulus, n

22. personal history

23. human resource (HR) department

24. staff turnover

25. key vacancy

26. critical factor

27. bottom line

28. vacancy fairs

29. employee agency

30. payroll records

31. poorly/ well/ ill chosen

32. external control

33. to build up goodwill for a company

34. to place a lot of confidence in

35. as the theory holds

36. average person

37. under the law

38. man profile

39. white/blue-collar jobs

40. to submit to

41. to win a top job

42. job description

43. job specification

44. cash \ non-cash rewards

45. to seek security

46. to put through an interview

47. in the long run

48. to apply for a job

49. application from

50. to make difference to

51. to come in/at a lowly 10^th place

52. fringe benefits

53. paper-and-pencil test

54. to give praise when it’s due

55. manual dexterity

56. incentive, n

57. to be deeply embedded

58. flexible hours

59. to be secondary to

60. redundancy

61. status symbols

62. two-way feedback