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






2. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






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






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






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






6. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






7. 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.






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






9. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.






10. 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.






11. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






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






13. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






14. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






15. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






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






17. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






18. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






19. 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)






20. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.






21. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






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






23. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.






24. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






25. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






26. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






27. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.






28. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






29. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






30. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






32. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.






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






34. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.






35. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.






36. Hands-off approach over all decision-making without any further involvement unless asked to participate.






37. 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.






38. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






40. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.






41. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.






42. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.






43. Teaching long-term skills.






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






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






46. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.






47. Withdrawal of a reward.






48. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.






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






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