Staffing Final

HRPD 704 FINAL TEST REVIEW

Ch1 - Introduction

-economic changes and trends affecting the Canadian workplace and assess their impact on human resources management [HRM] strategies, in general, and recruitment and selection [R&S] and staffing

Ch2 - Scientific Principles, Measurement, Validity and Reliability

Regression Analysis – types, Reliability, Validity, methods of estimating reliability, types of validity, factors affecting validity, generalizations, bias, fairness

Ch3 – legal issues in R&S

Legal sources - Constitutional law, Human rights legislation, Employment equity, Labour law, employment standards, and related legislation – issues related to each law in hiring

Discrimination, sufficient risk, reasonable accommodation, undue hardship, BFOR – and related test, Meiorin & Grismer cases, Adverse impact, non-discriminatory R&S practices

Explain elements of an Employment Equity program and the impact on HRM and R&S

Ch 4- Job Analysis and Competency models

Distinguish between work-oriented and worker-oriented approaches to job analysis• Describe the main steps in the job analysis process• Identify and evaluate common job analysis techniques – define / explain Job description & specification, task inventories, 8 competencies

Ch 5 – R&S  job performance

Job performance – criteria, Job task behavior, Contextual behaviours, Counterproductive behaviours – withdrawal behaviours, Campbell`s job performance dimensions – measuring performance – performance measures, types of criterion, performance appraisal measures Types of Rating systems – BARS,  BOS,

Ch 6 – Recruitment

Define activities/processes that occur within the stages of Recruitment vs Selection• Describe the importance of human resources planning and its relationship to R&S and specifically recruiting