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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.
variable-interval reinforcement
internal selection
learning organization
vesting
2. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.
core competencies
laissez-faire leadership type
trait performance appraisal method
union steward
3. Accommodation of several cultures.
horizontal career path
hot-stove approach
pluralism
behavior checklist
4. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.
structured interview
leadership
adverse impact
ethnorelativism
5. 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.
Clayton Act
critical incident method
Norris-La Guardia Act
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
6. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.
restricted policy
pay equity
mixed-standard rating scale
hostile environment
7. 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.
host country nationals
functional job analysis (FJA)
structured interview
halo effect
8. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.
hourly pay
pluralism
point system
silver handshake
9. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
eustress
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
graphic rating scale
10. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.
retirement
virtual team
error of leniency or strictness
piecework pay
11. Measures what a person is capable of learning.
Medical savings account (MSA)
host country nationals
fixed-ratio reinforcement
aptitude tests
12. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.
functional job analysis (FJA)
strategic planning
pay equity
job description
13. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.
halo effect
union steward
esteem needs
401(k) savings plan
14. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
job classification system
compressed workweek
Walsh-Healy Act
15. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.
accountability
diversity awareness training
coercive sexual harassment
Equal Pay Act
16. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
career path
transactional leader
17. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
Society for Human Resource Management
noncontributory pension plan
repatriation
eustress
18. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
disparate treatment
burnout
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
job analysis
19. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.
employment-at-will
Clayton Act
skill-based pay
unstructured interview
20. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.
internal selection
charge form
trait performance appraisal method
resignation
21. A trait method that requires the rater to describe the employee's performance in a statement.; fairly subjective and reliant on the manager's ability to write effective statements.
reward leadership
Clayton Act
essay
pay secrecy
22. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
labor agreement
structured interview
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
core competencies
23. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.
EEO-1 Report
job rotation
referent power
behavior checklist
24. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
union steward
defined benefit plan
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
job evaluation
25. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
orientation
absenteeism
contrast effect
pay equity
26. 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.
servant leader
hostile environment
cash compensation
aptitude tests
27. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
partial reinforcement
involuntary reduction
401(k) savings plan
generalized sexual harassment
28. Understanding the duties of the job.
self-directed team
affirmative action
job analysis
pay secrecy
29. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.
arbitrator
Civil Rights Act
EEO-1 Report
partial reinforcement
30. 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.
forced-choice
employee involvement (EI) groups
preconventional moral development
core competencies
31. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
internal selection
contrast error
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
32. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.
EEO-1 Report
fixed-ratio reinforcement
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
structured interview
33. The matching of people with future vacancies.
human resource planning
physiological needs
unencouraged resignation
Hay profile method
34. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
red circle rates
separations
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
retirement
35. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.
critical incident
servant leader
360-degree appraisal
management by objectives (MBO)
36. 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.
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
telecommuting
selection
strategic diversity management
37. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.
hourly pay
progressive discipline
fair representation
tell and listen appraisal interview
38. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.
charge form
selection
active listening
development
39. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
critical incident method
physiological needs
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
results performance appraisal method
40. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.
flextime
job rotation
reward leadership
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
41. Not reporting to work.
cross-functional team
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
compressed workweek
absenteeism
42. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.
informal factors
third-country nationals
piecework pay
active listening
43. 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)
pay grades
individualistic ethical decision
positive discipline
achievement test
44. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
repatriation
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
wage and salary survey
45. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.
job analysis
encouraged resignation
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
referent power
46. An attempt by the employer to alter the behavior of the employee by persuasion and motivational incentives.
horizontal career path
absenteeism
competence based pay
tell and sell appraisal interview
47. Payment rates above the pay range.
behavior observation scales (BOS)
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
red circle rates
defined contribution plan
48. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
pay for performance standard
telecommuting
trait performance appraisal method
job ranking system
49. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
authorization card
pay for performance standard
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
50. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.
unstructured interview
skill-based pay
vertical career path
fixed-ratio reinforcement