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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






2. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






3. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






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






5. A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission; the needs of others are placed above the leader's own needs.






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






7. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.






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






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






10. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.






11. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






12. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






13. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.






14. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.






15. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.






16. Sexual harassment that uses rewards; potential for criminal prosecution.






17. Organization of healthcare professionals that provide services on a prepaid basis; seen as lower quality to the employee.






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






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






20. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






21. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






22. Reward given for desired behavior.






23. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






24. Minorities in the workplace.






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






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






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






28. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.






29. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






30. Performance appraisal that seeks evaluation from internal and external customers.






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






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






33. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.






34. 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.






35. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.






36. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.






37. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






38. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






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






40. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.






41. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.






42. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.






43. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.






44. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






45. Group assigned with improving quality.






46. A decision based on the long-term interests of an individual.






47. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.






48. Power based on individual expertise.






49. Systems that provide data for Human Resource control and decision making.






50. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.