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HRI Certification
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certifications
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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. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Brainstorming meetings
Measurable results
Budget
Value Statement
2. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Structured exit interview
Information meetings
Parking lot
Collective bargaining agreement
3. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Problem solving
Sexual harassment
Inclusion
Deployment chart
4. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Facilitator
Brainstorming meetings
Delegation
Employee absence policy
5. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Personal treatment
Problem
Parking lot
6. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Professional Development
Motivators/Satisfiers
Problem-solving meetings
Controllable costs
7. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Self-directed teams
Action meetings
Unstructured exit interview
Time-off request policy
8. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Voluntary termination
Contingency plan
Stress
Time-off request policy
9. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Contingency plan
Semivariable costs
Budget
Brainstorming
10. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Semivariable costs
Unpreventable crisis
Warm-up activity
Sexual harassment
11. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Organizational communication
Alternative
Minutes
Empathy
12. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Root cause
Message
Information meetings
13. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Salaries
Professionalism
Stress Management
Accountability
14. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Documentation
Ground rules
Certification
Information sender
15. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Interpersonal communication
Performance standard
Message context
Negotiation
16. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Documentation
Merit pay
Time Management
Performing
17. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Media policy
Professionalism
Empathy
Informal communication
18. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Self-directed teams
Problem-solving model
Historical sales information
Management schedule
19. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Standard
Empathy
Preventable crisis
Measurable results
20. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Delegation
Communication
Unpreventable crisis
Standard
21. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Master schedule
Norming
Action meetings
Inclusion
22. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Certification
Cross-functional team
Merit pay
Root cause
23. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Negotiation
Debrief meeting
Mission Statement
Performing
24. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Evacuation
Arbitration
Covers
Measurable results
25. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Stress
Exit interview
Unstructured exit interview
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
26. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Contingency plan
Spin
Teamwork
Payroll standards
27. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Problem-solving meetings
Standard
Teamwork
Storming
28. 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
Parking lot
Directing
Affection
Problem
29. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Storming
Problem
Delegation
Master schedule
30. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Evacuation
Sexual harassment
Conflict resolution
Message
31. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Team
Problem solving
Affection
Spin
32. Statements of desired results
Measurable results
Mission Statement
Goal
Minutes
33. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Documentation
Measurable results
Problem solving
Conflict resolution
34. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Progressive disciplinary action
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Decoding
Environmental noise
35. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Information meetings
Agenda
Exit interview
Negotiation
36. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Brainstorming
Sales projections
Internal communication
Floaters
37. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Historical sales information
Covers
Salaries
Certification
38. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Motivators/Satisfiers
Action plan
Evacuation
Certification
39. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Environmental noise
SWOT analysis
Vision Statement
Supporting
40. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Wage
Informal communication
Mediation
Encoding
41. 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
Standard
Communication
Semivariable costs
Message
42. 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
Decoding
Bonuses
Involuntary termination
Objective
43. 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
Control
Sexual harassment
Personal treatment
44. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Media policy
Certification
Facilitator
Accountability
45. The person for whom the communication is intended
Information receiver
Objective
Mediation
Delegation
46. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Next steps
Goal
Environmental noise
Crisis
47. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Meeting
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Organizational goals
Performing
48. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Budget
Organizational goals
Message context
Cross-functional team
49. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Terminable acts
Motivators/Satisfiers
Norming
Payroll standards
50. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Leadership
Planning
Exit interview
Informal communication