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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
graphic rating scale
internal locus
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
2. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.
Society for Human Resource Management
strategic diversity management
pay equity
motivators
3. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
fast tracking
defined contribution plan
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
manager/supervisor appraisal
4. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.
workforce diversity
strategic planning
Walsh-Healy Act
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
5. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
competence based pay
hot-stove approach
401(k) savings plan
6. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.
contrast effect
social needs
functional job analysis (FJA)
moral rights ethical decision
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.
transformational leader
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
business ethics
hygiene factors
8. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.
coercive sexual harassment
defined benefit plan
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
functional job analysis (FJA)
9. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
negative reinforcement
wage and salary survey
behavior observation scales (BOS)
reward leadership
10. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
referent power
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
consumer price index (CPI)
11. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.
succession planning
job sharing
wage curve
development
12. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control
discipline
safety needs
job ranking system
accountability
13. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.
silver handshake
functional job analysis (FJA)
team appraisal
error of central tendency
14. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.
critical incident method
referent power
ethnorelativism
workforce diversity
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
manager/supervisor appraisal
unencouraged resignation
McDonnell Douglas Test
problem solving appraisal interview
16. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.
Equal Pay Act
EEO-1 Report
development assignments
fair representation
17. Pay by the hour.
stretch goal
ethnocentrism
hourly pay
coercive leadership
18. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
critical incident
burnout
horizontal career path
workforce diversity
19. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.
piecework pay
EEO-1 Report
succession planning
OSHA form 300
20. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
achievement test
temporal errors
development
21. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.
cash compensation
culture shock
aptitude tests
wage curve
22. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.
career plateauing
core competencies
point system
authorization card
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.
strategic diversity management
recruiting
coercive sexual harassment
union steward
24. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.
peer appraisal
error of leniency or strictness
disparate treatment
ethnocentrism
25. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
non-cash compensation
pay for performance standard
self-directed team
active listening
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.
preconventional moral development
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
conventional moral development
virtual team
27. A decision based on existing norms.
charismatic leader
cross-functional team
graphic rating scale
social contract ethical decision
28. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.
Davis-Bacon Act
involuntary reduction
discipline
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
29. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
involuntary reduction
point system
variable-ratio reinforcement
30. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.
functional job analysis (FJA)
hourly pay
progressive discipline
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
31. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.
transformational leader
reward leadership
legitimate leadership
coercive leadership
32. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
fixed-interval reinforcement
conventional moral development
subordinate appraisal
33. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.
generalized sexual harassment
balance sheet approach
strategic planning
disparate treatment
34. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
utilitarian ethical decision
skill-based pay
35. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.
coercive leadership
defined contribution plan
partial reinforcement
job specifications
36. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.
repatriation
management by objectives (MBO)
individualistic ethical decision
laissez-faire leadership type
37. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
reward leadership
horizontal career path
value-added compensation
Medical savings account (MSA)
38. The matching of people with future vacancies.
hourly pay
human resource planning
partial reinforcement
whistleblowing
39. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
job analysis
job enlargement
unencouraged resignation
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
40. Minorities in the workplace.
constructive discharge
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
protected classes
customer appraisal
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.
Railway Labor Act
flextime
whistleblowing
hygiene factors
42. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
reductions-in-force (RIF)
four-fifths rule
critical incident method
absenteeism
43. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.
management by objectives (MBO)
401(k) savings plan
four-fifths rule
strategic diversity management
44. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.
peer appraisal
servant leader
career path
fixed-ratio reinforcement
45. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.
achievement test
defined benefit plan
similar to me error
problem solving appraisal interview
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.
eustress
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
negative reinforcement
essay
47. Power based on individual expertise.
expert power
job sharing
factor comparison system
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
48. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.
consumer price index (CPI)
Medical savings account (MSA)
encouraged resignation
fixed-ratio reinforcement
49. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge
development
halo effect
progressive discipline
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
50. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.
halo effect
moral rights ethical decision
informal factors
skill-based pay
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