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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.






2. Performance appraisal done by fellow employees - usually combined by the manager into a single profile for use. May be the most accurate - but not used due to popularity copntests.






3. Discipline focused on early correcion of employee misconduct. 1. Conference between employee and supervisor. 2. Second conference when solution did not work 3. Decision-making leave (paid leave)






4. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.






5. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.






6. A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission; the needs of others are placed above the leader's own needs.






7. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






8. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.






9. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.






10. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.






11. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.






12. Not reporting to work.






13. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






14. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.






15. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






16. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






17. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.






18. Withdrawal of a reward.






19. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






20. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






21. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.






22. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.






23. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






24. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.






25. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






26. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






27. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.






28. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






29. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






30. Pay according to the number of units produced.






31. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.






32. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.






33. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.






34. Purposeful discrimination.






35. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.






36. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.






37. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.






38. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.






39. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.






40. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.






41. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






42. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).






43. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge






44. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.






45. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






46. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






47. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






48. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






49. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






50. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.