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






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






3. Withdrawal of a reward.






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. Purposeful discrimination.






6. A time when the individual stops advancing before reaching the next highest level. It is not necessarily a failed effort because not everyone is promoted to the top position and many common career paths are not designed to lead to the top.






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






8. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.






9. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






11. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.






12. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.






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






14. Pay by the hour.






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






16. 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.






17. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.






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






19. Listening to understand without judgment.






20. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






21. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






22. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.






23. Performance appraisal by an employee of their superior. Usually evaluates on leadership - oral communication - delegation of authority - coordination of team efforts - and interest in subordinates.






24. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.






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






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






27. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.






28. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






29. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.






30. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






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






32. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.






33. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.






34. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






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






36. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






37. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.






38. 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.






39. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.






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






41. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






42. A decision based on existing norms.






43. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.






44. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.






45. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






46. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.






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






48. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.






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






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