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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 amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.






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






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






4. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






5. 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






6. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






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






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






9. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






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






11. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






12. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






13. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






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






15. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.






16. Not reporting to work.






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






18. Reward given for desired behavior.






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






20. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






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






22. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.






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






24. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






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






26. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.






27. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.






28. Power based on individual expertise.






29. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.






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






31. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






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






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






34. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






35. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.






36. A decision based on the principle that the behavior that causes the greatest good for the most is ethical.






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






38. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






39. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






41. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.






42. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






43. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.






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






45. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.






46. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.






47. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.






48. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.






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






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