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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. 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.






2. An situation in which an employer makes work life so difficult for the employee that they have no choice but to resign.






3. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.






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






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






6. A decision based on existing norms.






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






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






9. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






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






11. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.






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






13. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.






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






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






16. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.






17. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






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






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






20. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






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






22. Accommodation of several cultures.






23. Bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes shelter - food - sleep - breaks - and compensation.






24. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.






25. 1959. Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible for the union's financial affairs - to prevent bully-boy tactics - ensure democratic voting practices within unions - outlaw secondary boycotts - and restrict picketing. Also called Labor-M






26. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






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






28. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






29. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






30. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.






31. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Not reporting to work.






39. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






40. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.






41. A decision based on the principle that the behavior that causes the greatest good for the most is ethical.






42. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.






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






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






45. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






46. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.






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






48. 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)






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






50. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.