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DSST Human Resource Management

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1. The oldest and simplest job evaluation that is based on grouping the jobs based on their relative worth to one another; can only be used on a small number of jobs.






2. 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.






3. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.






4. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






5. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






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






7. Pay according to the number of units produced.






8. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






9. Power based on individual expertise.






10. 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.






11. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.






12. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.






13. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.






14. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.






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






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






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






18. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






19. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.






20. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






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






22. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.






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






24. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.






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






26. Group assigned with improving quality.






27. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.






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






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






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






31. Purposeful discrimination.






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






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






34. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






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






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






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






38. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.






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






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






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






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






43. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






44. 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.






45. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






46. Pay by the hour.






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






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






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






50. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.







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