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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






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






3. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






4. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.






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






6. A process to make the job more complex to improve the level of boredom of an oversimplified job.






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






8. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






9. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.






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






11. 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.






12. Withdrawal of a reward.






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






14. The matching of people with future vacancies.






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






16. A leader that has an ability to motivate employees to go beyond expectations; less predictable than transactional and embrace new ideas. Charismatic leaders are visionaries; they try to get others to see a better future and their participation in it.






17. An situation in which an employer makes work life so difficult for the employee that they have no choice but to resign.






18. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.






19. Minorities in the workplace.






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






21. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.






22. A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission; the needs of others are placed above the leader's own needs.






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






24. Purposeful discrimination.






25. A decision based on total impartiality.






26. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






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






28. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.






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






30. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






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






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






33. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.






34. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.






35. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






36. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.






37. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.






38. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.






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






40. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






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






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






43. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






44. A decision based on existing norms.






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






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






47. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.






48. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.






49. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.






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