HRIR 3021 EXAM 3

Employee development - combination of formal education, job experiences, relationships, and assessment of personality and abilities to help employees prepare for the future of their careers Protean career - career that frequently changes based on changes in the person's interests, abilities, and values and in the work environment Assessment - collecting information and providing feedback to employees about their behavior, communication style, or skills Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) - psychological test that identifies individuals' preferences for source of energy, means of information gathering, way of decision making, and lifestyle, providing information for team building and leadership development Assessment center - assessment process in which multiple raters or evaluators (assessors) evaluate employees' performance on a number of exercises, usually as they work in a group at an off-site location Leaderless group discussion - assessment center exercise in which a team of five to seven employees is assigned a problem and must work together to solve it within a certain time period Benchmarks - measurement tool that gathers ratings of a manager's use of skills associated with success in managing Job experiences - combination of relationships, problems, demands, tasks, and other features of an employee's jobs Transfer - assignment of an employee to a position in a different area of the company, usually in a lateral move Downward move - assignment of an employee to a position with less responsibility and authority Promotion - assignment of an employee to a position with greater challenges, more responsibility, and more authority than in the previous job, usually accompanies by a pay increase Externship - employee development through a full-time temporary position at another organization Sabbatical - leave of absence from an organization to renew or develop skills Mentor - experienced, productive senior employee who helps develop a less-experienced employee (a protégé)