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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.






2. A leader that has an ability to motivate employees to go beyond expectations; less predictable than transactional and embrace new ideas. Charismatic leaders are visionaries; they try to get others to see a better future and their participation in it.






3. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.






4. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.






5. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.






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






7. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.






8. Minorities in the workplace.






9. An attempt by the employer to alter the behavior of the employee by persuasion and motivational incentives.






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






11. 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.






12. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






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






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






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






16. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.






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






18. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






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






20. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.






21. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






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






23. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.






24. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.






25. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






26. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.






27. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.






28. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






29. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.






30. 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.






31. 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






32. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






33. Group assigned with improving quality.






34. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






35. Not reporting to work.






36. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.






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






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






39. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control






40. Teaching long-term skills.






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






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






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






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






45. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






46. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






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






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






50. 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.