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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
competence based pay
job evaluation
positive reinforcement
achievement test
2. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.
adverse impact
defined contribution plan
four-fifths rule
criminal sexual harassment
3. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.
wage and salary survey
vertical career path
arbitrator
360-degree appraisal
4. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
OSHA form 300
positive discipline
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
halo effect
5. A concept Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham formulated after researching job design - focusing on three main parts: core job dimensions - critical psychological states - and employee growth need.
career plateauing
characteristics model
essay
critical incident
6. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
self-directed team
external locus
strategic planning
7. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
positive reinforcement
Equal Pay Act
critical incident
8. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
employment-at-will
job ranking system
balance sheet approach
defined benefit plan
9. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.
job classification system
strategic diversity management
silver handshake
job enrichment
10. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
involuntary reduction
360-degree appraisal
pay secrecy
orientation
11. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
employee involvement (EI) groups
Hay profile method
learning organization
adverse impact
12. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.
competence based pay
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
punishment
repatriation
13. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
expatriates
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
job description
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
14. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.
arbitrator
contrast effect
servant leader
stress interview
15. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.
tell and sell appraisal interview
balance sheet approach
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
moral rights ethical decision
16. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
mixed-standard rating scale
telecommuting
union steward
17. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
wage curve
project team
job rotation
18. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.
job analysis
fair representation
cash balance pension plan
self-appraisal
19. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.
stress interview
problem solving appraisal interview
workforce diversity
punishment
20. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.
pay grades
positive reinforcement
hot-stove approach
resignation
21. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.
behavior checklist
resignation
job rotation
results performance appraisal method
22. Rating based on having certain characteristics.
fast tracking
Society for Human Resource Management
graphic rating scale
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
23. Pay by the hour.
hourly pay
cash balance pension plan
progressive discipline
motivators
24. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.
defined contribution plan
referent power
variable-interval reinforcement
democratic leadership type
25. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).
stretch goal
job enlargement
cash balance pension plan
trancenders
26. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.
critical incident
flextime
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
cash compensation
27. Focus on the employee's achievements; less subjective - acceptable for employees and supervisors - link individual performance with organizational goals - encourage goal setting - and are good for reward and promotion decisions. However - time consum
restricted policy
results performance appraisal method
retirement
process improvement team
28. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.
disparate treatment
postconventional moral development
labor agreement
employee involvement (EI) groups
29. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.
recruiting
extinction
Walsh-Healy Act
third-country nationals
30. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.
functional job analysis (FJA)
workforce diversity
contributory pension plan
internal selection
31. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
diversity awareness training
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
Hay profile method
balanced scorecard (BSC)
32. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.
solicitation sexual harassment
OSHA form 300
graphic rating scale
salary pay
33. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
virtual team
point system
error of central tendency
pay for performance standard
34. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.
values
contrast error
project team
ethnorelativism
35. Listening to understand without judgment.
active listening
variable-interval reinforcement
job evaluation
behavioral performance appraisal method
36. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
job description
competence based pay
37. Not reporting to work.
absenteeism
moral rights ethical decision
repatriation
pay for performance standard
38. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.
piecework pay
fair representation
stress interview
stretch goal
39. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.
temporal errors
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
horizontal career path
safety needs
40. A neutral third party that will make the binding decision between both parties.
job sharing
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
positive reinforcement
arbitrator
41. A time when the individual stops advancing before reaching the next highest level. It is not necessarily a failed effort because not everyone is promoted to the top position and many common career paths are not designed to lead to the top.
partial reinforcement
career plateauing
expert power
balanced scorecard (BSC)
42. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.
essay
physiological needs
selection
ego strength
43. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
EEO-1 Report
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
44. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.
similar to me error
hostile environment
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
voluntary protection program (VPP)
45. Rating based on comparison than a standard.
fair representation
unencouraged resignation
mixed-standard rating scale
authoritarian leadership type
46. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
customer appraisal
tell and listen appraisal interview
third-country nationals
47. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.
four-fifths rule
consumer price index (CPI)
cafeteria plans
Clayton Act
48. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.
workforce diversity
quality circle
skill-based pay
authorization card
49. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.
stretch goal
extinction
job analysis
leadership
50. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.
Davis-Bacon Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
expert power
preconventional moral development