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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






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






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






4. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






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






6. Two part-time employees share one full time position.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Understanding the duties of the job.






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






14. 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.






15. A neutral third party that will make the binding decision between both parties.






16. 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.






17. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






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






19. Power based on individual expertise.






20. Not reporting to work.






21. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






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






23. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.






24. 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.






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






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






27. An integrated knowledge within an organization that sets it out from the competition.






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






29. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






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






31. A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission; the needs of others are placed above the leader's own needs.






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






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






34. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.






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






36. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






37. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






38. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






39. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






40. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






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






42. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.






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






44. Host country natives that are employees. Usually is shifted to because it is cheaper - gives a good impression on locals - and no adjustment to culture.






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






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






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






48. Listening to understand without judgment.






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






50. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.