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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






2. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






3. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.






4. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.






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






6. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.






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






8. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.






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






10. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.






11. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.






12. 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.






13. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.






14. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






15. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.






16. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






17. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control






18. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






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






20. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.






21. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.






22. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






23. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






24. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






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






26. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






27. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.






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






29. A method that evaluates based on: 1. Knowledge 2. Accountability 3. Mental Activity (KAMA)






30. Teaching long-term skills.






31. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.






32. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.






33. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.






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






35. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.






36. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.






37. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






38. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.






39. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.






40. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






41. Pay according to the number of units produced.






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






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






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






45. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.






46. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.






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






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






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






50. 1959. Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible for the union's financial affairs - to prevent bully-boy tactics - ensure democratic voting practices within unions - outlaw secondary boycotts - and restrict picketing. Also called Labor-M