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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. Govern unemployment compensation
Salaries
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Semivariable costs
Conflict resolution
2. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Action item
Objective
SWOT analysis
Personal treatment
3. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Forming
Organizational goals
Internal communication
Parking lot
4. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Performance review cycles
Sales projections
Problem
Supporting
5. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Next steps
Self-disclosure
Informal communication
Vision Statement
6. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Formal communication
Structured exit interview
Conflict resolution
Involuntary termination
7. Those factors that cause a person to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner and may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli
Motivation
Compensation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Evacuation
8. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Preventable crisis
Conflict resolution
Management
Negotiation
9. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Forming
Collective bargaining agreement
Contingency plan
Stress
10. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Shift leaders
Message context
Floaters
Delegation
11. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Semivariable costs
Self-directed teams
Problem-solving team
12. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Cross-functional team
Cross-training
Payroll standards
Meeting
13. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Spin
Master schedule
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Voluntary termination
14. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Work styles
Next steps
Action meetings
15. Involves telling the group what specifically needs to be accomplished - establishing guidelines - and providing specifics on the five Ws (who - what - when where - why) and how
Directing
Supporting
Planning
Professionalism
16. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Leadership
Motivators/Satisfiers
Problem-solving meetings
Performance review cycles
17. Meetings that are scheduled on a regular basis between the employee and employer to discuss the employee's job performance and additional pay - if any - for the coming year
Performance review cycles
Formal communication
Salaries
Individual performance of objectives
18. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Call/emergency meetings
Crew schedule
Professionalism
Benchmark
19. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Message
Professionalism
Information receiver
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
20. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Internal communication
Action meetings
Problem solving
Merit pay
21. Those costs that have both a fixed and variable element - such that one part will not change as sales volume changes - whereas the other part will change
Semivariable costs
Performance review cycles
Scheduling
Conflict resolution
22. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Supporting
Master schedule
Informal communication
Inclusion
23. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Work styles
Encoding
Root cause
Listening
24. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Commissions
Parking lot
Deployment chart
Payroll standards
25. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Storming
Agenda
Norming
Environmental noise
26. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Problem
Message
Teamwork
Performance standard
27. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Management
Conflict resolution
Message channel
Contact list
28. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Directing
Stress
Arbitration
Problem-solving model
29. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Information meetings
Problem-solving meetings
Parking lot
Sales projections
30. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Sales projections
Organizational communication
Performing
Interfunctional team
31. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Mediation
Unpreventable crisis
Exit interview
Accountability
32. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Agenda
Message
Action plan
Standard
33. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Master schedule
Employee absence policy
Floaters
34. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Budget
Compensation
Wage
Contact list
35. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Management schedule
Mediation
Management
Contingency plan
36. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Preventable crisis
Brainstorming
Message
Documentation
37. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Sexual harassment
Arbitration
Merit pay
Spin
38. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Control
Management
Message context
Compensation
39. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Brainstorming
Planning
Core values
Measurable results
40. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Semivariable costs
Mediation
Strategic priority
Commissions
41. The ability to plan - organize - direct - staff - control - and evaluate the many functions in a food service organization for the purpose of serving organizational goals
Management
Formal communication
Problem-solving meetings
Motivation
42. The environment that a message travels through
Objective
Alternative
Message context
Individual performance of objectives
43. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Information sender
Value Statement
Preventable crisis
Planning
44. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Information meetings
Strategic priority
Information sender
Time-off request policy
45. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Management schedule
Self-directed teams
Favoritism
Standard
46. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Performance standard
Documentation
Voluntary termination
Affection
47. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Sexual harassment
Terminable acts
Noncontrollable costs
Historical sales information
48. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Affection
Formal communication
Leadership
Conflict resolution
49. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Deployment chart
Empathy
Brainstorming
50. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Action plan
Formal communication
Self-disclosure
Vision Statement