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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A decision based on existing norms.






2. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






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






4. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






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






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






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






8. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.






9. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






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






11. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.






12. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.






13. A decision based on total impartiality.






14. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






16. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.






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






18. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






19. 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.






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






21. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






22. Two part-time employees share one full time position.






23. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.






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






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






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






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






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






29. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.






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






31. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.






32. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






33. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.






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






35. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.






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






37. Listening to understand without judgment.






38. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






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






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






41. Withdrawal of a reward.






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






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






44. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.






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






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






47. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






48. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.






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






50. 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.