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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. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Objective
Management
Merit pay
Informal communication
2. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Organizational communication
Formal communication
Time Management
Negotiation
3. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Forming
Motivators/Satisfiers
Brainstorming meetings
4. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Cross-training
Management schedule
Master schedule
Media policy
5. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Contingency plan
Empathy
Semivariable costs
Action item
6. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Mentor
Favoritism
Management schedule
Cross-training
7. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Storming
Teamwork
Contingency plan
SWOT analysis
8. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Information meetings
SWOT analysis
Mission Statement
Scheduling
9. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Planning
Alternative
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Goal
10. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Stress Management
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Involuntary termination
Work styles
11. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Internal communication
Historical sales information
Delegation
Directing
12. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Motivation
Vision Statement
Next steps
Action meetings
13. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Minutes
Problem-solving meetings
Warm-up activity
Payroll standards
14. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Unpreventable crisis
Problem solving
Problem
Meeting
15. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Scheduling
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Stress
Wage
16. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Time Management
Norming
Standard
Covers
17. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Evacuation
Information receiver
Deployment chart
Goal
18. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Historical sales information
Work styles
Merit pay
Mission Statement
19. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Message channel
Crew schedule
Structured exit interview
Parking lot
20. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Crisis
Sexual harassment
Favoritism
Leadership
21. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Communication
Empathy
Personal treatment
Norming
22. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Collective bargaining agreement
Informal communication
Payroll standards
Empathy
23. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nepotism
Ground rules
Empathy
Merit pay
24. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Message
Leadership
Interfunctional team
Measurable results
25. 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
Internal communication
Management
Commissions
Spin
26. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Unpreventable crisis
Objective
Negotiation
Organizational goals
27. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Accountability
Crew schedule
Measurable results
Informal communication
28. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Problem
Negotiation
Delegation
Minutes
29. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Nonverbal communication
Wage
Spin
Problem-solving team
30. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Communication
Certification
Problem
Employee absence policy
31. 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
Exit interview
Motivation
Norming
Directing
32. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Departmental/team objectives
Commissions
Payroll standards
Self-disclosure
33. Developing the message to be sent
Encoding
Performance standard
Motivation
Mission Statement
34. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Next steps
Formal communication
Professionalism
Supporting
35. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Spin
Documentation
Wage
Certification
36. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Information meetings
Sales projections
Management schedule
Preventable crisis
37. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Planning
Employee absence policy
Controllable costs
Sexual harassment
38. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
SWOT analysis
Listening
Management schedule
Decoding
39. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Communication
Environmental noise
Unstructured exit interview
Structured exit interview
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
Stress Management
Unstructured exit interview
Commissions
Organizational communication
41. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Sales projections
Information meetings
Unpreventable crisis
Arbitration
42. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Nepotism
Performance standard
Problem
Problem-solving model
43. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Merit pay
Spin
Conflict resolution
Action plan
44. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Control
Benchmark
Terminable acts
Management schedule
45. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Control
Action meetings
Inclusion
Covers
46. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Self-disclosure
Networking
Individual performance of objectives
47. A potential solution to a problem
Alternative
Problem solving
Self-directed teams
Action item
48. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Problem-solving model
Affection
Alternative
49. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Shift leaders
Listening
Organizational communication
Covers
50. A conversation without prepared questions
Team
Unstructured exit interview
Organizational communication
Motivation