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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.






2. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.






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






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






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






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






7. When twelve months have been worked at an employer with health insurance - a worker can transfer to another employer with no regard to preexisting conditions.






8. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.






9. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






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






11. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






12. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control






13. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.






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






15. 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






16. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






17. Pay by the hour.






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






19. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.






20. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






21. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






22. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.






23. Defining the characteristics that the organization feels would be a good fit for the vacancies. To recruit - an organization must conduct job analysis - provide a job description - and give job specification.






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






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






26. The first level of moral development - in which people make decisions based on selfish reasons; concerned only with external rewards or punishments. A characteristic of managers with authoritarian and coercive styles.






27. A decision based on existing norms.






28. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






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






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






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






32. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.






33. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.






34. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






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






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






37. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.






38. The matching of people with future vacancies.






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






40. Minorities in the workplace.






41. 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.






42. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






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






44. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.






45. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.






46. A trait method that requires the rater to describe the employee's performance in a statement.; fairly subjective and reliant on the manager's ability to write effective statements.






47. Power based on individual expertise.






48. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.






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






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







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