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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A listing of what a job includes such as tasks duties and responsibilities - analysis is the process of creating the job description)






2. Background noise






3. Is the procedure that allows current employees of an organization to apply for a posted job opening when they have the qualifications for the job






4. Rating employees as a group from best to worst on a particular area






5. Theory posits that there are three groups of core needs - existence relatedness and growth






6. Comparing each employee to every other employee in a particular area






7. Based on the concept of the organization as an open system with the primary work group as a subsystem of the total organization






8. An applicant is tested - hired then evaluated by their current supervisor






9. Technique of job analysis that was developed by the Employement and Training Administration of the US






10. Technique of job analysis that was developed by Harvey as a worker oriented job analysis instrument designed to have applicability to a broad range of exempt and non exempt jobs 41 questions +62 _80 _ 53 - 47






11. Contains hands on skills






12. Is a questionnaire technique of job analysis used to collect information from incumbents and supervisors - 151 job tasks rated in terms of importance






13. Self determination theory






14. Consider the needs - build an applicant pool - evaluate the applicants - hire and train






15. Is knowledge and the affective domain contains feelings and attitudes






16. Age discrimination






17. Because management of nonunion firms generally offered higher wages and benefits to reduce the chance those employees would seek union representation






18. A specific kind of behavioral system is based on the critical incident technique and these scales are developed in the same fashion with one exception






19. Is the process used to collect information about the duties responsibilities necessary skills outcomes and work environment of a particular job






20. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






21. A set of compensable factors are identified as determining the worth of jobs






22. Method is one of the simplest jobs are compared to each other based on the overall worth of the job






23. Is a competency model of individual






24. Based on employee's depth of knowledge






25. Uses host country national for all positions - polycentric staffing






26. A systematic assessment of job content - it establishes the worth of a job in terms of salary or wage compared to other jobs






27. Is devised in respect to recruitment -employee development-motivation and engagement






28. The ideal requirements of a job or person






29. A variation of simple ranking job evaluation plans orders all jobs from lowest to highest based on coparing the worth of each job






30. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






31. Compensation programs that are tied to increases in productivity and profits






32. Indicates that exceptions can result in the achievement of self-fulfilling prohecies






33. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






34. Ranking - factor comparison the classification and the point method






35. Stress that we can use positively for our personal growth






36. Matches rating with employee behavior






37. Is used to take the employee qualifications discovered in the job analysis and group them in terms of knowledge






38. Purpose of job evaluation






39. Rates employees as a group from best to worst on a particular area






40. Questionaire technique of job analysis -developed by McCormick-Jeanneret and Mecham






41. How essential job tasks are related to the job






42. Comparing each employee to every other employee






43. Relies on critical incidents






44. Ideal traits for a position






45. Based on the notion that individuals sometimes have a drive to reach a clearly defined end state






46. Represents intentional discrimination






47. A specific kind of behavioral system requires job incumbents and their supervisors to identify performance incidents on the job behaviors and behavioral outcomes






48. The proces of making a list of the exact tasks or activities that an individual in a specific job does






49. the minimal qualifications required for a particular job are referred to as...






50. Often lead to reduced productivity - layoffs have indirect and direct costs