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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. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.






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






3. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.






4. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






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






6. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.






7. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.






8. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.






9. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.






10. A decision based on total impartiality.






11. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






12. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.






13. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.






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






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






17. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.






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






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






20. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






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






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






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






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






25. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






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






27. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






28. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






29. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






30. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.






31. Minorities in the workplace.






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






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






34. 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






35. Payment rates above the pay range.






36. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






37. Group specifically to provide a new product or service.






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






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






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






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






42. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






43. 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.






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






45. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






46. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






47. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.






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






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






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