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DSST Human Resource Management
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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.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
employee involvement (EI) groups
expert power
host country nationals
2. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.
training
Equal Pay Act
piecework pay
fixed-interval reinforcement
3. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
restricted policy
moral rights ethical decision
job analysis
4. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.
Landrum-Griffin Act
repatriation
job rotation
project team
5. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.
Railway Labor Act
balanced scorecard (BSC)
strategic diversity management
job analysis
6. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
reward leadership
similar to me error
expert power
distress
7. An situation in which an employer makes work life so difficult for the employee that they have no choice but to resign.
functional job analysis (FJA)
authoritarian leadership type
Equal Pay Act
constructive discharge
8. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.
Hay profile method
four-fifths rule
taskforce team
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
9. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.
variable-ratio reinforcement
customer appraisal
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
similar to me error
10. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.
distress
distributional errors
development
stress interview
11. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
retirement
preconventional moral development
protected classes
safety needs
12. Understanding the duties of the job.
ethnocentrism
job classification system
constructive discharge
job analysis
13. Employees that are not from the home or host country.
eustress
job enrichment
employee involvement (EI) groups
third-country nationals
14. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
stress interview
Railway Labor Act
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
15. Performance appraisal that seeks evaluation from internal and external customers.
customer appraisal
charismatic leader
partial reinforcement
criminal sexual harassment
16. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.
discipline
balance sheet approach
silver handshake
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
17. 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.
vertical career path
structured interview
transformational leader
hot-stove approach
18. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.
internal locus
self-directed team
critical incident method
factor comparison system
19. Rating based on having certain characteristics.
graphic rating scale
core competencies
legitimate leadership
fast tracking
20. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.
criminal sexual harassment
encouraged resignation
pay equity
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
21. 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.
Walsh-Healy Act
job ranking system
leadership
preconventional moral development
22. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
Society for Human Resource Management
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
employment-at-will
achievement test
23. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.
trancenders
positive discipline
functional job analysis (FJA)
job enlargement
24. Sexual harassment that uses rewards; potential for criminal prosecution.
cross-functional team
disparate treatment
horizontal career path
solicitation sexual harassment
25. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.
development assignments
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
postconventional moral development
conventional moral development
26. 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.
four-fifths rule
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
human resource planning
EEO-1 Report
27. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
aptitude tests
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
employment-at-will
error of leniency or strictness
28. Group specifically to provide a new product or service.
wage curve
project team
employee involvement (EI) groups
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
29. Measures what a person is capable of learning.
subordinate appraisal
employee involvement (EI) groups
aptitude tests
charismatic leader
30. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.
job enrichment
human resource planning
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
critical incident method
31. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.
compressed workweek
charismatic leader
legitimate leadership
core competencies
32. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
process improvement team
Executive Order 11246
union steward
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
33. Payment rates above the pay range.
silver handshake
development
red circle rates
value-added compensation
34. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
defined contribution plan
human resource information system
productivity
charge form
35. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
expatriates
job description
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
quality circle
36. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
characteristics model
charismatic leader
job classification system
37. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
recency error
managing workforce diversity
burnout
eustress
38. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
point system
Immigration Reform and Control Act
absenteeism
39. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.
360-degree appraisal
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
fair representation
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
40. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.
fast tracking
factor comparison system
essay
distress
41. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.
authoritarian leadership type
wage and salary survey
coercive sexual harassment
flextime
42. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.
cash compensation
affirmative action
transformational leader
compressed workweek
43. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
variable-interval reinforcement
job specifications
balance sheet approach
encouraged resignation
44. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.
union steward
core competencies
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
structured interview
45. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.
cash compensation
critical incident method
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
46. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
succession planning
partial reinforcement
pay for performance standard
47. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.
continuous reinforcement
productivity
disparate treatment
informal factors
48. Belief that one culture is superior to another.
human resource information system
retirement
ethnocentrism
coercive sexual harassment
49. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.
expatriates
job classification system
contrast error
cross-functional team
50. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.
temporal errors
core competencies
productivity
union steward
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