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HRI Certification
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Noncontrollable costs
Compensation
Information sender
Salaries
2. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Salaries
Management
Self-disclosure
Parking lot
3. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Performing
Minutes
Spin
Planning
4. Costs that management can control
Preventable crisis
Time-off request policy
Controllable costs
Problem-solving team
5. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Performance standard
Stress
Covers
Historical sales information
6. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Encoding
Storming
Contingency plan
Negotiation
7. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Encoding
Empathy
Stress Management
8. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Next steps
Principles
Evacuation
Negotiation
9. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Collective bargaining agreement
Inclusion
Negotiation
Time-off request policy
10. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Message
Professionalism
Compensation
Management schedule
11. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Collective bargaining agreement
Facilitator
Arbitration
Benchmark
12. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Informal communication
Cross-training
Leadership
Floaters
13. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Performance review cycles
Delegation
Compensation
Time Management
14. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Professionalism
Benchmark
Value Statement
Parking lot
15. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Action plan
Negotiation
Nonverbal communication
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
16. A conversation without prepared questions
Norming
Goal
Vision Statement
Unstructured exit interview
17. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Preventable crisis
Budget
Documentation
Payroll standards
18. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Measurable results
Principles
Brainstorming meetings
Negotiation
19. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Norming
Performance review cycles
Action plan
Debrief meeting
20. A company's key elements of operation - and they serve as the foundation for the development of both the vision statement and the mission statement
Vision Statement
Formal communication
Forming
Core values
21. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Measurable results
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Performance standard
Interfunctional team
22. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Benchmark
Organizational goals
Shift leaders
Ground rules
23. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Scheduling
Standard
Supporting
Information sender
24. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Unpreventable crisis
Core values
Progressive disciplinary action
Affection
25. A situation in which management must terminate an employee for one of four reasons - including lack of work for the individual - lack of funding - unsatisfactory performance - or violating a company policy
Mission Statement
Involuntary termination
Voluntary termination
Vision Statement
26. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Sexual harassment
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Problem solving
Information sender
27. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Time-off request policy
Problem
Internal communication
Problem solving
28. An official record of key points discussed or covered at a meeting - as well as anything that might have been decided or completed during the meeting
Evacuation
Accountability
Self-disclosure
Minutes
29. Meals to be served
Cross-functional team
Covers
Unstructured exit interview
Preventable crisis
30. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Unpreventable crisis
Directing
Delegation
Cross-functional team
31. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Merit pay
Standard
Exit interview
SWOT analysis
32. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Stress
Accountability
Warm-up activity
Semivariable costs
33. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Problem solving
Compensation
Ground rules
Time Management
34. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Measurable results
Performance review cycles
Structured exit interview
Message channel
35. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Decoding
Collective bargaining agreement
Individual performance of objectives
Cross-training
36. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Shift leaders
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Action plan
37. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Commissions
Departmental/team objectives
Control
Standard
38. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
SWOT analysis
Deployment chart
Shift leaders
Time-off request policy
39. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Meeting
Personal treatment
Sales projections
Environmental noise
40. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Cross-training
Stress
Standard
Benchmark
41. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Decoding
Scheduling
Brainstorming
42. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Cross-functional team
Semivariable costs
Message context
Wage
43. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Message channel
Individual performance of objectives
Contact list
Structured exit interview
44. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Parking lot
Commissions
Favoritism
Standard
45. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Problem solving
Delegation
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Structured exit interview
46. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Problem-solving model
Accountability
Progressive disciplinary action
Parking lot
47. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Cross-functional team
Preventable crisis
Favoritism
Controllable costs
48. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Call/emergency meetings
Progressive disciplinary action
Meeting
Problem-solving model
49. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Unpreventable crisis
Interfunctional team
Objective
Internal communication
50. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Master schedule
Message channel
Historical sales information
Crew schedule