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






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






3. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.






4. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






5. The matching of people with future vacancies.






6. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.






7. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.






8. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






9. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.






10. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.






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






12. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






13. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.






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






15. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






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






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






18. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.






19. A decision based on existing norms.






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






21. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.






22. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






23. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






24. A neutral third party that will make the binding decision between both parties.






25. Test that measure what a person can do right now.






26. Bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes shelter - food - sleep - breaks - and compensation.






27. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.






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






29. Withdrawal of a reward.






30. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.






31. 1947. Pro-business act created to counter the pro-labor Wagner Act by banning unfair practices of labor unions. Created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to help resolve grievances.






32. Group assigned with improving quality.






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






34. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






35. Teaching long-term skills.






36. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






37. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






38. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.






39. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.






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






41. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.






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






43. Power based on individual expertise.






44. Law that affects employers with one hundred or more employees and requires the employer to give advance notice of at least sixty days when a plant closing or mass layoff is planned.






45. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






46. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






47. A decision based on total impartiality.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem