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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 personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






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






10. Purposeful discrimination.






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






12. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






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






14. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.






15. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






16. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.






17. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.






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






19. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






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






21. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






22. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.






23. A concept Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham formulated after researching job design - focusing on three main parts: core job dimensions - critical psychological states - and employee growth need.






24. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.






25. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






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






27. Not reporting to work.






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. The matching of people with future vacancies.






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






35. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






36. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.






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






38. 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.






39. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.






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






41. Withdrawal of a reward.






42. 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).






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






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






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






46. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






47. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.






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






49. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.






50. An interview based on a set group of questions so to be compared answers across all candidates. Questions are asked based on job knowledge - job simulation - situational - and work willingness.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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