Unit 2 0.0 / 5 ? Business StudiesMeasuring the Effectiveness of the work forceASAQA Created by: Emma HicksonCreated on: 13-03-15 09:15 Motivation The Causes of people's actions-why people behave as they do 1 of 22 Job Enrichment Providing employees with more challenging tasks/and or greater responsibility and ultimately,opportunities to demonstrate their abilities 2 of 22 Job Enlargement Providing employees with more tasks of the same or similar nature,increasing the scope of a job 3 of 22 Empowerment Giving employees the means by which they can exercise power over their working lives. They are given the freedom to decide what to do and how to do it 4 of 22 Team Working A system where production is organised into large units of work and a group of employees work together in order to meet shared objectives 5 of 22 Financial Incentives are the complete set of rewards offered by an organisation contributions, share options and other fringe benefits 6 of 22 Performance Related Pay a bonus or salary increase usually awarded for above average employee performance 7 of 22 Piecework Payment based on the number of items each worker produces 8 of 22 Profit Sharing proportion of a firms profit is divided among its employees in the form of a bonus paid in addition to an employees salary 9 of 22 Fringe benefits Benefits received by employees in addition to their wages or salary e.g company car 10 of 22 share ownership company gives shares to their employees or sell them at favourible rates below the market price 11 of 22 Job describtion outlines the actual and describes the job 12 of 22 Person Specification Describes the essential and desirable characteristics that the business requires 13 of 22 Internal recruitment when the business looks to fill a vacancy from within its existing workforce 14 of 22 external recruitment when the business looks to fill a vacancy from any suitable applicant 15 of 22 Induction Education for new employees, which usually involves learning about how the business works rather than about the particular job they will do 16 of 22 on the job where an employee learns a job by seeing how its carried out. It is given by the employer at the workplace 17 of 22 off the job This takes place away from the workplace and usually provided by an external training provider 18 of 22 Labour Productivity A measure of the output per worker in a given time period 19 of 22 Labour Turnover The proportion of employees leaving a business over a period of time-usually over a year 20 of 22 Absenteeism The proportion of employees not at work on a given day 21 of 22 Health and Safety absenteeism The rate of absenteeism due to health and safety reasons 22 of 22
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