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DSST Human Resource Management

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1. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.






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






3. Identifies the actions that should or should not be seen on the job - used mainly for developmental feedback..






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






5. Hands-off approach over all decision-making without any further involvement unless asked to participate.






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






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






8. 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.






9. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.






10. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






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






12. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.






13. Not reporting to work.






14. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.






15. 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.






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






17. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






18. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.






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






20. Reward given for desired behavior.






21. Understanding the duties of the job.






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






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






24. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.






25. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






26. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.






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






28. 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.






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






30. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






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






32. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration






33. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






34. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.






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






36. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






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






38. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.






39. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






40. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






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






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






43. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.






44. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.






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






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






47. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.






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






49. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.






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







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