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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.






2. Performance appraisal done by fellow employees - usually combined by the manager into a single profile for use. May be the most accurate - but not used due to popularity copntests.






3. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.






4. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.






5. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.






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






7. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.






8. 1947. Pro-business act created to counter the pro-labor Wagner Act by banning unfair practices of labor unions. Created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to help resolve grievances.






9. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.






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






11. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.






12. 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.






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






14. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.






15. Accommodation of several cultures.






16. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






17. Minorities in the workplace.






18. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.






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






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






21. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






22. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.






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






24. 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.






25. Two part-time employees share one full time position.






26. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






27. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.






28. 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.






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






30. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






31. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.






32. Understanding the duties of the job.






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






34. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






35. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.






36. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.






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






38. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






39. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






40. Reward given for desired behavior.






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






42. Focus on the employee's achievements; less subjective - acceptable for employees and supervisors - link individual performance with organizational goals - encourage goal setting - and are good for reward and promotion decisions. However - time consum






43. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.






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






45. When twelve months have been worked at an employer with health insurance - a worker can transfer to another employer with no regard to preexisting conditions.






46. Test that measure what a person can do right now.






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






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






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






50. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).