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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. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






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






3. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.






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






5. Purposeful discrimination.






6. Discipline focused on early correcion of employee misconduct. 1. Conference between employee and supervisor. 2. Second conference when solution did not work 3. Decision-making leave (paid leave)






7. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






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






9. Listening to understand without judgment.






10. RIF that include some type of severance pay and extension of benefits for a predetermined period of time.






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






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






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






14. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






15. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






16. 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.






17. Accommodation of several cultures.






18. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.






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






20. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






21. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.






22. Understanding the duties of the job.






23. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Pay by the hour.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






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






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






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






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






38. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






39. Payment rates above the pay range.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






46. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.






47. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






49. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.






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