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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






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






3. Accommodation of several cultures.






4. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






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.






6. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.






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.






8. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.






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






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






11. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






12. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.






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






14. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






15. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






16. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






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






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






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






20. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.






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.






22. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.






23. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.






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






25. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.






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.






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






28. Understanding the duties of the job.






29. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






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.






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






32. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.






33. The matching of people with future vacancies.






34. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.






35. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.






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.






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.






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






39. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






40. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.






41. Not reporting to work.






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






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)






44. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






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






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






47. Payment rates above the pay range.






48. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.






49. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.






50. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.