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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
pay secrecy
manager/supervisor appraisal
job analysis
external locus
2. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.
social contract ethical decision
conventional moral development
separations
manager/supervisor appraisal
3. Rating based on having certain characteristics.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
stretch goal
core competencies
graphic rating scale
4. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.
similar to me error
fast tracking
employee involvement (EI) groups
structured interview
5. Accommodation of several cultures.
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
pluralism
legitimate leadership
locus control
6. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.
voluntary protection program (VPP)
quality circle
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
referent power
7. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.
negative reinforcement
job enrichment
compressed workweek
retirement
8. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.
manager/supervisor appraisal
Norris-La Guardia Act
succession planning
compressed workweek
9. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.
quid pro quo harassment
internal selection
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
virtual team
10. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.
Medical savings account (MSA)
internal selection
distress
silver handshake
11. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.
hygiene factors
whistleblowing
individualistic ethical decision
behavior checklist
12. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.
separations
referent power
behavior observation scales (BOS)
trancenders
13. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
job description
behavioral performance appraisal method
fixed-ratio reinforcement
14. A concept Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham formulated after researching job design - focusing on three main parts: core job dimensions - critical psychological states - and employee growth need.
competence based pay
characteristics model
factor comparison system
cafeteria plans
15. Pay by the hour.
succession planning
hourly pay
critical incident method
McDonnell Douglas Test
16. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.
continuous reinforcement
safety needs
diversity awareness training
moral rights ethical decision
17. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
physiological needs
productivity
reward leadership
Walsh-Healy Act
18. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
criminal sexual harassment
learning organization
constructive discharge
ethnocentrism
19. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.
internal locus
EEO-1 Report
moral rights ethical decision
mixed-standard rating scale
20. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
job enrichment
adverse impact
active listening
21. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.
trancenders
competence based pay
labor agreement
discipline
22. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
succession planning
coercive leadership
productivity
23. Group specifically to provide a new product or service.
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
project team
human resource information system
flextime
24. An situation in which an employer makes work life so difficult for the employee that they have no choice but to resign.
hot-stove approach
constructive discharge
career plateauing
distributional errors
25. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.
Norris-La Guardia Act
compressed workweek
conventional moral development
separations
26. Measures what a person is capable of learning.
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
red circle rates
job analysis
aptitude tests
27. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.
inappropriate sexual harassment
behavioral performance appraisal method
Landrum-Griffin Act
job sharing
28. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.
democratic leadership type
wage curve
unencouraged resignation
positive discipline
29. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.
social contract ethical decision
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
motivators
job ranking system
30. 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
results performance appraisal method
Walsh-Healy Act
vertical career path
variable-interval reinforcement
31. Group assigned with improving quality.
401(k) savings plan
Equal Pay Act
process improvement team
tell and listen appraisal interview
32. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.
flextime
variable-ratio reinforcement
distributional errors
consumer price index (CPI)
33. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.
hourly pay
restricted policy
employment-at-will
cash compensation
34. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
productivity
career plateauing
physiological needs
achievement test
35. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
Norris-La Guardia Act
informal factors
retirement
distributional errors
36. Belief that one culture is superior to another.
ethnocentrism
Railway Labor Act
charismatic leader
achievement test
37. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.
internal selection
job simplification
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
self-appraisal
38. A process to make the job more complex to improve the level of boredom of an oversimplified job.
resignation
active listening
broadbanding
job enlargement
39. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.
selection
development assignments
pluralism
job simplification
40. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.
productivity
expatriates
active listening
stretch goal
41. Employees that are not from the home or host country.
third-country nationals
variable-interval reinforcement
ethnorelativism
progressive discipline
42. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.
team appraisal
critical incident method
broadbanding
selection
43. Performance appraisal that recognizes team accomplishement instead of individual performance - used by companies with a strong total quality management (TQM) emphasis.
cash compensation
error of leniency or strictness
utilitarian ethical decision
team appraisal
44. Sexual harassment that uses rewards; potential for criminal prosecution.
safety needs
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
solicitation sexual harassment
utilitarian ethical decision
45. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
culture shock
variable-ratio reinforcement
reductions-in-force (RIF)
graphic rating scale
46. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.
virtual team
union steward
strategic planning
pay for performance standard
47. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.
management by objectives (MBO)
stretch goal
ego strength
strategic diversity management
48. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
quid pro quo harassment
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
burnout
Medical savings account (MSA)
49. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.
fair representation
justice ethical decision
hostile environment
protected classes
50. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.
EEO-1 Report
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
job description
fast tracking