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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. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.






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






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






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






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






6. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






7. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.






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






9. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






10. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






11. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.






12. 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.






13. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge






14. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






15. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






16. 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.






17. Teaching long-term skills.






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






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






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






21. Accommodation of several cultures.






22. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.






23. Performance appraisal that recognizes team accomplishement instead of individual performance - used by companies with a strong total quality management (TQM) emphasis.






24. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






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






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






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






28. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






29. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.






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






31. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






32. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.






33. Purposeful discrimination.






34. Reward given for desired behavior.






35. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






36. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.






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






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






39. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.






40. 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.






41. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






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






43. Pay according to the number of units produced.






44. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






45. Helps manager translate measurement framework from strategic to operational goals.






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






47. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.






48. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.






49. Systems that provide data for Human Resource control and decision making.






50. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.