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






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






3. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.






4. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






5. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.






6. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem






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






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






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






10. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.






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






12. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






13. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






14. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






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






16. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






18. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.






19. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.






20. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






21. Performance appraisal done by fellow employees - usually combined by the manager into a single profile for use. May be the most accurate - but not used due to popularity copntests.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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).






30. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.






31. Listening to understand without judgment.






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






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






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






35. Pay by the hour.






36. A decision based on existing norms.






37. 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.






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






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






40. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






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






42. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






43. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.






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






45. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.






46. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






47. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration






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






49. Purposeful discrimination.






50. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.