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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
strategic diversity management
reward leadership
employment-at-will
2. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
diversity awareness training
restricted policy
democratic leadership type
3. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
punishment
physiological needs
moral rights ethical decision
noncontributory pension plan
4. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.
consumer price index (CPI)
locus control
functional job analysis (FJA)
pay for performance standard
5. Identifies the actions that should or should not be seen on the job - used mainly for developmental feedback..
wage curve
involuntary reduction
referent power
behavioral performance appraisal method
6. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
social contract ethical decision
external locus
wage and salary survey
7. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
culture shock
pluralism
restricted policy
8. 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
social contract ethical decision
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
separations
9. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.
forced-choice
charismatic leader
moral rights ethical decision
strategic diversity management
10. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.
defined benefit plan
voluntary protection program (VPP)
peer appraisal
internal selection
11. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.
stretch goal
Medical savings account (MSA)
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
customer appraisal
12. 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.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
inappropriate sexual harassment
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
error of leniency or strictness
13. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.
skill-based pay
behavioral performance appraisal method
wage curve
authorization card
14. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.
external locus
repatriation
coercive sexual harassment
hostile environment
15. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.
internal selection
diversity awareness training
non-cash compensation
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
16. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.
retirement
Landrum-Griffin Act
salary pay
succession planning
17. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
preconventional moral development
value-added compensation
defined benefit plan
training
18. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.
EEO-1 Report
critical incident
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
reductions-in-force (RIF)
19. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.
Equal Pay Act
team appraisal
stretch goal
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
20. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.
Civil Rights Act
recency error
variable-ratio reinforcement
360-degree appraisal
21. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.
ego strength
EEO-1 Report
distress
balanced scorecard (BSC)
22. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
employment-at-will
behavior observation scales (BOS)
transactional leader
23. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.
development
justice ethical decision
workforce diversity
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
24. Listening to understand without judgment.
point system
active listening
ethnocentrism
expert power
25. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.
expatriates
authorization card
stress interview
Immigration Reform and Control Act
26. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
learning organization
structured interview
pay grades
defined benefit plan
27. The third level of moral development in which people make decisions based on internalized principles - beliefs - and values. A characteristic of managers that encourage to think for themselves and engage in moral reasoning.
graphic rating scale
balanced scorecard (BSC)
postconventional moral development
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
28. 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).
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
contrast error
cash balance pension plan
process improvement team
29. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
selection
Executive Order 11246
job analysis
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
30. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.
generalized sexual harassment
involuntary reduction
transactional leader
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
31. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.
individualistic ethical decision
internal selection
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
conventional moral development
32. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.
pay secrecy
job evaluation
pay equity
burnout
33. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.
whistleblowing
fixed-interval reinforcement
subordinate appraisal
selection
34. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
absenteeism
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Davis-Bacon Act
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
35. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.
error of central tendency
broadbanding
productivity
contrast error
36. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.
error of leniency or strictness
unstructured interview
defined benefit plan
360-degree appraisal
37. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.
fair representation
Walsh-Healy Act
cross-functional team
trancenders
38. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.
Executive Order 11246
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
peer appraisal
value-added compensation
39. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.
self-appraisal
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
absenteeism
active listening
40. Power based on individual expertise.
arbitrator
Railway Labor Act
expert power
inappropriate sexual harassment
41. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.
Civil Rights Act
protected classes
generalized sexual harassment
positive discipline
42. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.
fair representation
involuntary reduction
job ranking system
Davis-Bacon Act
43. A decision based on existing norms.
behavioral performance appraisal method
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
social contract ethical decision
charge form
44. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
active listening
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
management by objectives (MBO)
negative reinforcement
45. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
distress
behavior observation scales (BOS)
learning organization
safety needs
46. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.
job ranking system
achievement test
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
critical incident
47. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.
internal locus
criminal sexual harassment
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
employee involvement (EI) groups
48. 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.
discipline
factor comparison system
business ethics
Walsh-Healy Act
49. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
fast tracking
training
whistleblowing
criminal sexual harassment
50. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
affirmative action
orientation
four-fifths rule
vesting
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