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Definition: The Alternatives to Recruitment are the temporary ways of hiring people for the job position with a view to saving cost incurred in recruiting process and meet the short-term demand for increased work volume. The recruitment is the costly process which includes the salaries of recruiters, cost incurred in advertisements, time spent by the management, cost of … [Read more...] about Alternatives to Recruitment

Definition: The External Sources of Recruitment mean hiring people from outside the organization. In other words, seeking applicants from those who are external to the organization. There are several methods for external recruiting. The firm must carefully analyze the vacant positions and then use the method which best fulfills the requirement. Following are the different … [Read more...] about External Sources of Recruitment

Definition: The Internal Sources of Recruitment mean hiring people from within the organization. In other words, seeking applicants for the job positions from those who are currently employed with the firm. In any organization, following are the most common internal sources of recruitment: Transfer: Transfer means shifting an employee from one job to another, … [Read more...] about Internal Sources of Recruitment

Definition: The Recruitment is the process of analyzing the job requirements and then finding the prospective candidates who are then encouraged and stimulated to apply for the job in the organization. The Recruitment programme is designed to attract more and more applicants such that the pool of candidates applies for the job, and the organization has more options to select … [Read more...] about Recruitment Process

Definition: The Job Enlargement refers to the horizontal expansion of jobs wherein more and more activities, and tasks are added to the existing job scope at the same level in the organization. In other words, job enlargement means increasing the scope of duties and responsibilities of an individual by adding the related activities to his existing job profile and generally … [Read more...] about Job Enlargement

Definition: The Job Enrichment is the job design technique used to increase the satisfaction among the employees by delegating higher authority and responsibility to them and thereby enabling them to use their abilities to the fullest. In other words, job enrichment is the opportunity given to the employees to explore their abilities when some tough task is assigned to them. … [Read more...] about Job Enrichment

Definition: The Job Simplification means breaking the job into relatively easier sub-parts with the intention to enhance the individual’s productivity by minimizing the physical and mental efforts required to perform a complex job. Once the complex task is divided into the relatively easier tasks, each task is assigned to the individuals who perform these over and over … [Read more...] about Job Simplification

Definition: The Job Design means outlining the task, duties, responsibilities, qualifications, methods and relationships required to perform the given set of a job. In other words, job design encompasses the components of the task and the interaction pattern among the employees, with the intent to satisfy both the organizational needs and the social needs of the … [Read more...] about Job Design

Definition: The Strategic Human Resource Management is concerned with the development of HR strategies intended to direct the employees’ efforts towards the business goals. Strategic Human Resource Management Process Scanning the Environment: The process begins with the scanning of the environment, i.e. both the external and internal factors of the organization. The … [Read more...] about Strategic Human Resource Management Process

Definition: The concept of Strategic Human Resource Management or SHRM can be well understood in the contrast with the conventional HRM, that shows, in the conventional HRM the responsibility to manage the people-oriented activities rest on the staff specialist in the organization. Whereas in the case of strategic human resource management, any person who is responsible to … [Read more...] about Strategic Human Resource Management