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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
learning organization
ethnorelativism
hot-stove approach
variable-ratio reinforcement
2. Withdrawal of a reward.
generalized sexual harassment
fixed-interval reinforcement
extinction
pluralism
3. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
noncontributory pension plan
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
telecommuting
graphic rating scale
4. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.
cross-functional team
contrast error
job sharing
job classification system
5. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
employee involvement (EI) groups
quality circle
job ranking system
leadership
6. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
skill-based pay
job simplification
Hay profile method
7. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.
discipline
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
workforce diversity
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
8. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
contrast error
graphic rating scale
telecommuting
employment-at-will
9. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.
tell and sell appraisal interview
authoritarian leadership type
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
McDonnell Douglas Test
10. Power based on individual expertise.
Walsh-Healy Act
career path
expert power
informal factors
11. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.
self-appraisal
diversity awareness training
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
stretch goal
12. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.
salary pay
career path
fixed-interval reinforcement
balance sheet approach
13. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
job enlargement
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
behavior checklist
14. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
noncontributory pension plan
Executive Order 11246
defined benefit plan
trancenders
15. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.
achievement test
authorization card
stress interview
Executive Order 11246
16. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.
punishment
quality circle
employee involvement (EI) groups
job specifications
17. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
punishment
job sharing
training
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
18. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
EEO-1 Report
servant leader
Hay profile method
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
19. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.
locus control
employment-at-will
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
20. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.
recruiting
authoritarian leadership type
aptitude tests
non-cash compensation
21. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
behavior checklist
employment-at-will
factor comparison system
authoritarian leadership type
22. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.
distributional errors
virtual team
leadership
competence based pay
23. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.
encouraged resignation
selection
third-country nationals
strategic planning
24. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.
voluntary reduction
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
transactional leader
fast tracking
25. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.
host country nationals
flextime
variable-ratio reinforcement
Society for Human Resource Management
26. 1959. Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible for the union's financial affairs - to prevent bully-boy tactics - ensure democratic voting practices within unions - outlaw secondary boycotts - and restrict picketing. Also called Labor-M
Landrum-Griffin Act
transformational leader
fair representation
McDonnell Douglas Test
27. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.
Executive Order 11246
variable-ratio reinforcement
criminal sexual harassment
management by objectives (MBO)
28. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.
labor agreement
flextime
pay secrecy
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
29. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
EEO-1 Report
accountability
generalized sexual harassment
30. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.
process improvement team
salary pay
social needs
job sharing
31. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
Landrum-Griffin Act
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
critical incident
32. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.
stress interview
inappropriate sexual harassment
critical incident method
problem solving appraisal interview
33. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control
charismatic leader
career plateauing
reward leadership
discipline
34. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.
compressed workweek
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
eustress
social contract ethical decision
35. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
cafeteria plans
strategic planning
variable-ratio reinforcement
401(k) savings plan
36. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.
encouraged resignation
self-actualization
non-cash compensation
cash compensation
37. An interview based on a set group of questions so to be compared answers across all candidates. Questions are asked based on job knowledge - job simulation - situational - and work willingness.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
job evaluation
training
structured interview
38. Test used by courts to assess merits of prima facie case of disparate treatment when lacking evidence - requires plaintiff to show he: 1. belongs to protected group -2. has applied and is qualified - 3. was rejected despite qualifications - and 4. th
transformational leader
retirement
McDonnell Douglas Test
fixed-interval reinforcement
39. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.
McDonnell Douglas Test
repatriation
unencouraged resignation
Walsh-Healy Act
40. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.
locus control
halo effect
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
job simplification
41. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.
preconventional moral development
critical incident method
learning organization
authoritarian leadership type
42. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.
punishment
positive reinforcement
laissez-faire leadership type
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
43. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
productivity
wage curve
physiological needs
value-added compensation
44. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.
managing workforce diversity
subordinate appraisal
coercive sexual harassment
contrast error
45. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
progressive discipline
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
whistleblowing
business ethics
46. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.
coercive sexual harassment
Walsh-Healy Act
job rotation
extinction
47. A decision based on existing norms.
point system
social contract ethical decision
referent power
behavioral performance appraisal method
48. A decision based on the principle that the behavior that causes the greatest good for the most is ethical.
orientation
utilitarian ethical decision
salary pay
self-directed team
49. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.
horizontal career path
eustress
error of central tendency
adverse impact
50. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.
job rotation
variable-ratio reinforcement
fixed-ratio reinforcement
Davis-Bacon Act