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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.
Clayton Act
balance sheet approach
third-country nationals
referent power
2. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.
affirmative action
leadership
job specifications
inappropriate sexual harassment
3. Withdrawal of a reward.
computerized job analysis
fixed-ratio reinforcement
extinction
charismatic leader
4. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge
progressive discipline
diversity awareness training
behavior observation scales (BOS)
distress
5. Purposeful discrimination.
forced-choice
contrast effect
constructive discharge
disparate treatment
6. A time when the individual stops advancing before reaching the next highest level. It is not necessarily a failed effort because not everyone is promoted to the top position and many common career paths are not designed to lead to the top.
career plateauing
contrast effect
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
job enlargement
7. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
fixed-interval reinforcement
taskforce team
business ethics
8. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.
authoritarian leadership type
consumer price index (CPI)
cash balance pension plan
internal locus
9. A decision based on total impartiality.
justice ethical decision
resignation
charismatic leader
strategic diversity management
10. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.
four-fifths rule
internal selection
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
arbitrator
11. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.
charge form
legitimate leadership
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
Hay profile method
12. 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.
wage and salary survey
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
stress interview
coercive leadership
13. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.
McDonnell Douglas Test
balanced scorecard (BSC)
expatriates
motivators
14. Pay by the hour.
strategic diversity management
hourly pay
negative reinforcement
manager/supervisor appraisal
15. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
preconventional moral development
forced-choice
accountability
partial reinforcement
16. Act that amended age discrimination in employment to include all employee benefits; also provided terminated employees with time to consider group termination or retirement programs and consult an attorney.
authoritarian leadership type
charge form
graphic rating scale
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
17. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
tell and listen appraisal interview
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
encouraged resignation
behavior observation scales (BOS)
18. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.
learning organization
external locus
salary pay
behavior checklist
19. Listening to understand without judgment.
encouraged resignation
job ranking system
business ethics
active listening
20. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
Society for Human Resource Management
job rotation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
21. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
unencouraged resignation
locus control
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
hygiene factors
22. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
job description
pay for performance standard
fair representation
23. Performance appraisal by an employee of their superior. Usually evaluates on leadership - oral communication - delegation of authority - coordination of team efforts - and interest in subordinates.
disparate treatment
protected classes
encouraged resignation
subordinate appraisal
24. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.
job sharing
cafeteria plans
diversity awareness training
active listening
25. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.
coercive leadership
horizontal career path
factor comparison system
fair representation
26. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.
EEO-1 Report
expatriates
punishment
preconventional moral development
27. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.
results performance appraisal method
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
EEO-1 Report
Railway Labor Act
28. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.
whistleblowing
distress
Norris-La Guardia Act
transformational leader
29. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.
self-actualization
critical incident
fair representation
Executive Order 11246
30. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
resignation
voluntary protection program (VPP)
skill-based pay
noncontributory pension plan
31. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
contrast error
noncontributory pension plan
factor comparison system
job enlargement
32. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.
orientation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
labor agreement
virtual team
33. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.
Executive Order 11246
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
preconventional moral development
34. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.
unencouraged resignation
OSHA form 300
behavior observation scales (BOS)
job rotation
35. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.
pay equity
Equal Pay Act
wage curve
essay
36. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
learning organization
external locus
justice ethical decision
Hay profile method
37. 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.
arbitrator
utilitarian ethical decision
core competencies
broadbanding
38. The first level of moral development - in which people make decisions based on selfish reasons; concerned only with external rewards or punishments. A characteristic of managers with authoritarian and coercive styles.
preconventional moral development
job ranking system
value-added compensation
balance sheet approach
39. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.
project team
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
contrast error
legitimate leadership
40. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.
career plateauing
cross-functional team
wage and salary survey
Medical savings account (MSA)
41. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.
quid pro quo harassment
career plateauing
Clayton Act
arbitrator
42. A decision based on existing norms.
social contract ethical decision
job simplification
unstructured interview
Society for Human Resource Management
43. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
job classification system
internal locus
401(k) savings plan
internal selection
44. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.
manager/supervisor appraisal
pay grades
stress interview
succession planning
45. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
employment-at-will
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
absenteeism
reductions-in-force (RIF)
46. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.
expatriates
error of central tendency
business ethics
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
47. A decision based on the principle that the behavior that causes the greatest good for the most is ethical.
Norris-La Guardia Act
transformational leader
horizontal career path
utilitarian ethical decision
48. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.
retirement
development
contributory pension plan
affirmative action
49. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
resignation
employee involvement (EI) groups
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
retirement
50. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
self-directed team
skill-based pay
criminal sexual harassment