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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






2. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration






3. Reward given for desired behavior.






4. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.






5. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.






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






7. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.






8. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.






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






10. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.






11. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.






12. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.






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






14. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.






15. 1970. A law passed to attempt to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. It's general area of responsibility are: 1.General Industry 2. Maritime 3. Construction 4. Agriculture






16. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.






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






18. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.






19. A decision based on total impartiality.






20. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.






21. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.






22. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.






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






24. A leader that has an ability to motivate employees to go beyond expectations; less predictable than transactional and embrace new ideas. Charismatic leaders are visionaries; they try to get others to see a better future and their participation in it.






25. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






26. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






28. Law that affects employers with one hundred or more employees and requires the employer to give advance notice of at least sixty days when a plant closing or mass layoff is planned.






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






30. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






31. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.






32. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.






33. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.






34. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






35. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.






36. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






37. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.






38. Minorities in the workplace.






39. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






40. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.






41. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.






42. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.






43. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.






44. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.






45. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.






46. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.






47. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.






48. An appraisal error based on biases of how the information is selected - evaluated - or organized.






49. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






50. Group assigned with improving quality.