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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.






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






3. A decision based on existing norms.






4. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.






5. A decision based on the long-term interests of an individual.






6. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.






7. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






8. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.






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






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






11. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.






12. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






13. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.






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






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






16. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






17. The third level of moral development in which people make decisions based on internalized principles - beliefs - and values. A characteristic of managers that encourage to think for themselves and engage in moral reasoning.






18. 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.






19. Withdrawal of a reward.






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






21. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.






22. Power based on individual expertise.






23. To discipline by being effective - consistent - and applied to all equally. 1. Documentation of Misconduct 2. Investigative Interview 3. Application of Discipline






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






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






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






27. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






28. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.






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






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






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






32. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






33. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.






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






35. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






36. An attempt by the employer to alter the behavior of the employee by persuasion and motivational incentives.






37. Not reporting to work.






38. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.






39. Organization of healthcare professionals that provide services on a prepaid basis; seen as lower quality to the employee.






40. Purposeful discrimination.






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






42. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.






43. 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.






44. Sexual harassment that uses rewards; potential for criminal prosecution.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






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