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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.






2. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






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






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






5. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.






6. 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.






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






8. Group specifically to provide a new product or service.






9. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






10. 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.






11. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






12. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






13. 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.






14. Purposeful discrimination.






15. Group assigned with improving quality.






16. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






17. Listening to understand without judgment.






18. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.






19. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.






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






21. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






22. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.






23. The oldest and simplest job evaluation that is based on grouping the jobs based on their relative worth to one another; can only be used on a small number of jobs.






24. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






25. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.






26. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






27. Not reporting to work.






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






29. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.






30. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.






31. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.






32. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






33. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






34. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.






35. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.






36. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.






37. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.






38. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






39. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.






40. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.






41. Discipline focused on early correcion of employee misconduct. 1. Conference between employee and supervisor. 2. Second conference when solution did not work 3. Decision-making leave (paid leave)






42. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






43. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.






44. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






45. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.






46. An integrated knowledge within an organization that sets it out from the competition.






47. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge






48. Defining the characteristics that the organization feels would be a good fit for the vacancies. To recruit - an organization must conduct job analysis - provide a job description - and give job specification.






49. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.






50. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.