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Globalization
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The blurring of country boundaries in business activities.
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Line manager
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The individuals who are responsible for supervising and directing the efforts of a group of employees to perform tasks that are directly related to the creation and delivery of a company's products or services.
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Competencies
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The knowledge, skills, abilities, and other talents that employees posses.
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HR challenges
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Challenges that managers must consider in the management of emplyees that relate to 1) organizational demands, 2) environmental influences, and 3) regulatory issues
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Organizational culture
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The set of underlying values and beliefs that emplyees of a company share.
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Competitive advantage
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A company's ability to create more economic value than its competitors.
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HR department
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A support function within companies that serves a vital role in designing and implementing company policies for managing employees.
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Organizational demands
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The factors within a firm that affect decisions regarding how to manage employees.
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Employees
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The individuals who work for a company
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Primary human resource activities
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The strategy management of employees centers around three categories of HR activities 1) work design and workforce planning 2) managing employee competencies and 3) managing employee attitudes and behaviors.
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Environmental influences
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The pressures that exist outside companies that managers must consider to strategically manage their employees.
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Human resource practices
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The practices that a company has put in place to manage employees
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External alignment
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The extent to which the three primary HR activities that a company uses help them meet their organizational demands, cope with environmental factors, and comply with regulatory issues.
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Internal alignment
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The extent to which specific practices used within each HR activity are consistent with one another as well as aligned across the primary HR activities.
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Strategy
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The company's plan for achieving a competitive advantage over its rivals.
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