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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.
business ethics
informal factors
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
job analysis
2. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.
structured interview
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
value-added compensation
3. Understanding the duties of the job.
project team
job analysis
postconventional moral development
factor comparison system
4. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.
job rotation
contrast effect
quid pro quo harassment
job sharing
5. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.
cash compensation
management by objectives (MBO)
ego strength
defined benefit plan
6. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.
involuntary reduction
401(k) savings plan
job analysis
consumer price index (CPI)
7. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.
authorization card
business ethics
fixed-ratio reinforcement
results performance appraisal method
8. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.
critical incident
postconventional moral development
productivity
career path
9. The oldest and simplest job evaluation that is based on grouping the jobs based on their relative worth to one another; can only be used on a small number of jobs.
tell and sell appraisal interview
job ranking system
selection
401(k) savings plan
10. 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.
separations
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
results performance appraisal method
hygiene factors
11. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.
job enrichment
critical incident method
inappropriate sexual harassment
results performance appraisal method
12. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.
coercive sexual harassment
values
401(k) savings plan
trait performance appraisal method
13. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.
generalized sexual harassment
diversity awareness training
job sharing
trait performance appraisal method
14. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
cash compensation
laissez-faire leadership type
involuntary reduction
negative reinforcement
15. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.
social needs
career path
horizontal career path
vertical career path
16. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.
Immigration Reform and Control Act
ethnorelativism
characteristics model
succession planning
17. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.
job description
conventional moral development
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Davis-Bacon Act
18. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.
computerized job analysis
labor agreement
taskforce team
fixed-interval reinforcement
19. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.
leadership
ego strength
factor comparison system
self-appraisal
20. A decision based on the long-term interests of an individual.
value-added compensation
McDonnell Douglas Test
individualistic ethical decision
Walsh-Healy Act
21. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.
aptitude tests
functional job analysis (FJA)
essay
voluntary reduction
22. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.
involuntary reduction
halo effect
pay secrecy
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
23. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.
piecework pay
job simplification
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
strategic diversity management
24. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.
servant leader
human resource planning
balanced scorecard (BSC)
EEO-1 Report
25. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge
fast tracking
progressive discipline
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
quality circle
26. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
Norris-La Guardia Act
balance sheet approach
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
variable-interval reinforcement
27. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
contrast error
temporal errors
unencouraged resignation
salary pay
28. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
third-country nationals
distributional errors
reductions-in-force (RIF)
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
29. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.
self-appraisal
non-cash compensation
Society for Human Resource Management
quid pro quo harassment
30. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
defined benefit plan
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
achievement test
pay grades
31. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
manager/supervisor appraisal
virtual team
postconventional moral development
32. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.
flextime
whistleblowing
affirmative action
wage curve
33. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.
salary pay
punishment
behavioral performance appraisal method
strategic planning
34. Employees that are not from the home or host country.
peer appraisal
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
third-country nationals
critical incident method
35. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
employee involvement (EI) groups
manager/supervisor appraisal
cash compensation
defined contribution plan
36. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.
computerized job analysis
distress
safety needs
trait performance appraisal method
37. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
pay grades
internal selection
value-added compensation
Society for Human Resource Management
38. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.
coercive leadership
project team
computerized job analysis
telecommuting
39. Act that amended age discrimination in employment to include all employee benefits; also provided terminated employees with time to consider group termination or retirement programs and consult an attorney.
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
pay equity
McDonnell Douglas Test
conventional moral development
40. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.
McDonnell Douglas Test
strategic diversity management
pay grades
wage and salary survey
41. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.
Civil Rights Act
customer appraisal
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
repatriation
42. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.
four-fifths rule
stretch goal
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
absenteeism
43. 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.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
contrast effect
repatriation
graphic rating scale
44. 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
four-fifths rule
balance sheet approach
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
democratic leadership type
45. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
wage curve
orientation
management by objectives (MBO)
moral rights ethical decision
46. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
orientation
pluralism
vertical career path
error of leniency or strictness
47. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.
self-directed team
Executive Order 11246
Society for Human Resource Management
esteem needs
48. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.
behavior checklist
unencouraged resignation
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
competence based pay
49. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
defined benefit plan
accountability
strategic planning
hostile environment
50. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
aptitude tests
computerized job analysis
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act