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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.
quid pro quo harassment
fast tracking
job classification system
esteem needs
2. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
culture shock
salary pay
unstructured interview
3. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.
managing workforce diversity
job specifications
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
noncontributory pension plan
4. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
job classification system
distress
achievement test
broadbanding
5. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.
ethnorelativism
functional job analysis (FJA)
unstructured interview
contributory pension plan
6. 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.
computerized job analysis
essay
laissez-faire leadership type
internal locus
7. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
ethnocentrism
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
unencouraged resignation
8. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
career path
job description
strategic planning
training
9. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.
accountability
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
charge form
halo effect
10. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).
cash balance pension plan
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
burnout
360-degree appraisal
11. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.
coercive leadership
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
process improvement team
12. Accommodation of several cultures.
partial reinforcement
taskforce team
value-added compensation
pluralism
13. 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.
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
inappropriate sexual harassment
host country nationals
informal factors
14. Belief that one culture is superior to another.
core competencies
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
ethnocentrism
active listening
15. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
quid pro quo harassment
social contract ethical decision
informal factors
accountability
16. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.
third-country nationals
selection
fair representation
unencouraged resignation
17. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.
job classification system
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
conventional moral development
Davis-Bacon Act
18. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.
cross-functional team
separations
stress interview
EEO-1 Report
19. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.
protected classes
ethnorelativism
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
social needs
20. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
critical incident method
salary pay
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
21. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.
silver handshake
values
motivators
authorization card
22. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
employee involvement (EI) groups
ethnocentrism
job evaluation
informal factors
23. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.
hostile environment
social contract ethical decision
flextime
safety needs
24. Teaching long-term skills.
job evaluation
charge form
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
development
25. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
Equal Pay Act
management by objectives (MBO)
training
defined benefit plan
26. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.
Walsh-Healy Act
individualistic ethical decision
behavior checklist
virtual team
27. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.
red circle rates
job ranking system
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
authoritarian leadership type
28. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
team appraisal
ethnocentrism
customer appraisal
29. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.
hourly pay
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
development assignments
quid pro quo harassment
30. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
succession planning
solicitation sexual harassment
behavioral performance appraisal method
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
31. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
core competencies
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
referent power
32. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.
cafeteria plans
mixed-standard rating scale
progressive discipline
horizontal career path
33. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
horizontal career path
OSHA form 300
34. A decision based on existing norms.
social contract ethical decision
Executive Order 11246
four-fifths rule
strategic diversity management
35. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.
democratic leadership type
arbitrator
peer appraisal
four-fifths rule
36. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.
hygiene factors
disparate treatment
job simplification
fixed-ratio reinforcement
37. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
ethnocentrism
noncontributory pension plan
non-cash compensation
career path
38. 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.
customer appraisal
negative reinforcement
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
succession planning
39. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
involuntary reduction
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
telecommuting
variable-interval reinforcement
40. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.
transactional leader
fair representation
cash compensation
telecommuting
41. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.
orientation
job description
balance sheet approach
factor comparison system
42. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
motivators
selection
reward leadership
43. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
structured interview
discipline
contrast effect
orientation
44. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Equal Pay Act
job analysis
social contract ethical decision
45. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.
absenteeism
virtual team
balance sheet approach
burnout
46. 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.
pay grades
subordinate appraisal
labor agreement
culture shock
47. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.
progressive discipline
managing workforce diversity
job rotation
internal locus
48. 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.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
positive discipline
non-cash compensation
physiological needs
49. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.
negative reinforcement
trait performance appraisal method
reductions-in-force (RIF)
internal selection
50. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.
vesting
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
OSHA form 300
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