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HRI Certification
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certifications
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Motivation
Controllable costs
Commissions
Action meetings
2. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Documentation
Bonuses
Performing
Formal communication
3. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Self-directed teams
Covers
Budget
Delegation
4. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Payroll standards
Time Management
Accountability
Mentor
5. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Communication
Listening
Media policy
6. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Debrief meeting
Action item
Accountability
Motivation
7. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Scheduling
Core values
Departmental/team objectives
Brainstorming meetings
8. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Voluntary termination
Noncontrollable costs
Crew schedule
Arbitration
9. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Preventable crisis
Meeting
Time Management
Nonverbal communication
10. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Arbitration
Networking
Parking lot
Problem solving
11. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Unpreventable crisis
Empathy
Warm-up activity
Deployment chart
12. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Internal communication
Covers
Formal communication
Deployment chart
13. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Message
Personal treatment
Crisis
Vision Statement
14. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Management schedule
Action plan
Workplace Ethics
Message channel
15. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Mission Statement
Core values
Commissions
16. 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
Unstructured exit interview
Core values
Documentation
Personal treatment
17. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Compensation
Merit pay
Exit interview
Ground rules
18. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Semivariable costs
Motivators/Satisfiers
Budget
Sales projections
19. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Delegation
Brainstorming
Documentation
Compensation
20. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Networking
Directing
Motivation
Teamwork
21. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Problem-solving meetings
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Leadership
Principles
22. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Standard
Individual performance of objectives
Action meetings
Preventable crisis
23. Meetings that share communication
Management schedule
Information meetings
Agenda
Environmental noise
24. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Nonverbal communication
Mediation
Team
Historical sales information
25. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Noncontrollable costs
Floaters
Storming
Informal communication
26. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Vision Statement
Listening
Formal communication
Measurable results
27. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Mission Statement
Bonuses
Voluntary termination
Call/emergency meetings
28. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Exit interview
Payroll standards
Informal communication
Favoritism
29. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Measurable results
Message
Listening
Information meetings
30. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Supporting
Ground rules
Management schedule
Formal communication
31. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Bonuses
Action plan
Performance review cycles
Control
32. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Vision Statement
Organizational communication
Control
Warm-up activity
33. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Covers
Merit pay
Delegation
Arbitration
34. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Meeting
Documentation
Affection
Cross-functional team
35. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Professionalism
Information receiver
Call/emergency meetings
Progressive disciplinary action
36. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Message context
Benchmark
Message channel
Brainstorming meetings
37. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Decoding
Delegation
Progressive disciplinary action
Workplace Ethics
38. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Networking
Stress
Master schedule
Control
39. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Information receiver
Voluntary termination
Ground rules
Warm-up activity
40. A process managers use to identify what causes stress for them in the workplace as well as in their personal life - and then to apply various strategies to minimize its effects
Goal
Stress Management
Cross-training
Affection
41. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Sexual harassment
Master schedule
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Management schedule
42. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Meeting
Strategic priority
Forming
Norming
43. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Nonverbal communication
Wage
Root cause
Mentor
44. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Collective bargaining agreement
Certification
Organizational communication
Brainstorming
45. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Nepotism
Exit interview
Documentation
Unstructured exit interview
46. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Information receiver
Message context
Networking
Affection
47. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Crisis
Unstructured exit interview
Meeting
Mediation
48. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
SWOT analysis
Workplace Ethics
Interpersonal communication
Certification
49. Indicates that you have demonstrated a high level of skill and have met specific performance requirements by participating in a rigorous process to become certified
Supporting
Management schedule
Certification
Sales projections
50. Costs that management can control
Mentor
Media policy
Delegation
Controllable costs