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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. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Nonverbal communication
Decoding
Mediation
Workplace Ethics
2. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Evacuation
Motivators/Satisfiers
Preventable crisis
3. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Problem-solving team
Shift leaders
Information receiver
Contact list
4. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Professional Development
Certification
Semivariable costs
5. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Payroll standards
Spin
Standard
Mission Statement
6. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Parking lot
Favoritism
Spin
Strategic priority
7. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Action meetings
Standard
Preventable crisis
Next steps
8. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Semivariable costs
Facilitator
Wage
Standard
9. The environment that a message travels through
Organizational communication
Message context
Unpreventable crisis
Action plan
10. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Supporting
Salaries
Brainstorming meetings
Self-directed teams
11. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Documentation
Decoding
Encoding
Arbitration
12. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Alternative
Wage
Historical sales information
Call/emergency meetings
13. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Internal communication
Departmental/team objectives
Problem-solving model
Information receiver
14. 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
Nonverbal communication
Organizational communication
Self-directed teams
15. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Teamwork
Planning
Personal treatment
Compensation
16. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Self-directed teams
Communication
Meeting
Action meetings
17. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Payroll standards
Problem solving
Employee absence policy
Personal treatment
18. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Management
Sexual harassment
Organizational communication
Standard
19. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Goal
Documentation
Time Management
Structured exit interview
20. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Master schedule
Voluntary termination
Workplace Ethics
Control
21. Govern unemployment compensation
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Favoritism
Organizational goals
Call/emergency meetings
22. Meetings that share communication
Message context
Team
Performing
Information meetings
23. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Unpreventable crisis
Core values
Shift leaders
Meeting
24. Differs from other forms of communication in that there are usually only a few participants involved (often just two people) - the individuals are in close proximity to each other as shown - and the feedback is immediate
Networking
Interpersonal communication
Standard
Nepotism
25. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Empathy
Alternative
Performing
Favoritism
26. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Semivariable costs
Problem-solving team
Individual performance of objectives
Value Statement
27. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Objective
Exit interview
Parking lot
Unstructured exit interview
28. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Management
Action item
Information meetings
Standard
29. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Negotiation
Principles
Workplace Ethics
Informal communication
30. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Benchmark
Structured exit interview
Shift leaders
Problem-solving meetings
31. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Brainstorming
Message channel
Agenda
Individual performance of objectives
32. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Terminable acts
Crisis
Merit pay
Scheduling
33. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Workplace Ethics
Information receiver
Environmental noise
Evacuation
34. A conversation without prepared questions
Vision Statement
Standard
Unstructured exit interview
Decoding
35. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Mentor
Professional Development
36. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Problem-solving meetings
Work styles
Root cause
Message channel
37. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Debrief meeting
Mentor
Media policy
Progressive disciplinary action
38. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Brainstorming
Agenda
Problem-solving team
Employee absence policy
39. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Mission Statement
Voluntary termination
Debrief meeting
Encoding
40. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Negotiation
Cross-training
Value Statement
Unstructured exit interview
41. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Shift leaders
Message channel
Interpersonal communication
Stress
42. The person for whom the communication is intended
Benchmark
Delegation
Information receiver
Stress
43. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Goal
Floaters
Management schedule
Problem solving
44. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Performance standard
Vision Statement
Message
45. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Decoding
Exit interview
Professionalism
Certification
46. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Structured exit interview
Controllable costs
Certification
47. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Covers
Affection
Media policy
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
48. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Problem-solving meetings
Vision Statement
Information receiver
Interfunctional team
49. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Action plan
Terminable acts
Progressive disciplinary action
Merit pay
50. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Self-directed teams
Negotiation
SWOT analysis
Individual performance of objectives