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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.






2. Two part-time employees share one full time position.






3. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.






4. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






5. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






6. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.






7. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.






8. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.






9. To discipline by being effective - consistent - and applied to all equally. 1. Documentation of Misconduct 2. Investigative Interview 3. Application of Discipline






10. Teaching long-term skills.






11. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.






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






13. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem






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






15. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.






16. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.






17. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.






18. Pay by the hour.






19. Payment rates above the pay range.






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






21. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.






22. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






23. 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.






24. Hands-off approach over all decision-making without any further involvement unless asked to participate.






25. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.






26. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






27. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






28. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.






29. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.






30. 1947. Pro-business act created to counter the pro-labor Wagner Act by banning unfair practices of labor unions. Created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to help resolve grievances.






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






32. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.






33. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.






34. Identifies the actions that should or should not be seen on the job - used mainly for developmental feedback..






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






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






37. Performance appraisal by an employee of their superior. Usually evaluates on leadership - oral communication - delegation of authority - coordination of team efforts - and interest in subordinates.






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






39. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.






40. Withdrawal of a reward.






41. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.






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






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






44. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.






45. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.






46. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.






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






48. Purposeful discrimination.






49. The matching of people with future vacancies.






50. Focus on the employee's achievements; less subjective - acceptable for employees and supervisors - link individual performance with organizational goals - encourage goal setting - and are good for reward and promotion decisions. However - time consum