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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






2. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.






3. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.






4. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.






5. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.






6. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.






7. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.






8. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






9. Teaching long-term skills.






10. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.






11. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.






12. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.






13. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






14. A trait method that requires the rater to describe the employee's performance in a statement.; fairly subjective and reliant on the manager's ability to write effective statements.






15. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






16. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.






17. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.






18. An interview based on a set group of questions so to be compared answers across all candidates. Questions are asked based on job knowledge - job simulation - situational - and work willingness.






19. The matching of people with future vacancies.






20. Purposeful discrimination.






21. Pay by the hour.






22. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.






23. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






24. Act that amended age discrimination in employment to include all employee benefits; also provided terminated employees with time to consider group termination or retirement programs and consult an attorney.






25. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






26. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.






27. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.






28. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.






29. 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.






30. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.






31. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.






32. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






33. Accommodation of several cultures.






34. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






35. The first level of moral development - in which people make decisions based on selfish reasons; concerned only with external rewards or punishments. A characteristic of managers with authoritarian and coercive styles.






36. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.






37. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.






38. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






39. Performance appraisal that seeks evaluation from internal and external customers.






40. Listening to understand without judgment.






41. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.






42. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.






43. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.






44. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






45. Pay according to the number of units produced.






46. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






47. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.






48. Hands-off approach over all decision-making without any further involvement unless asked to participate.






49. 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.






50. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.