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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.
results performance appraisal method
continuous reinforcement
career path
human resource information system
2. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge
behavioral performance appraisal method
Walsh-Healy Act
workforce diversity
progressive discipline
3. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.
Equal Pay Act
Davis-Bacon Act
fixed-ratio reinforcement
internal locus
4. Performance appraisal that seeks evaluation from internal and external customers.
coercive leadership
partial reinforcement
balance sheet approach
customer appraisal
5. The third level of moral development in which people make decisions based on internalized principles - beliefs - and values. A characteristic of managers that encourage to think for themselves and engage in moral reasoning.
physiological needs
postconventional moral development
OSHA form 300
inappropriate sexual harassment
6. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
defined contribution plan
punishment
voluntary protection program (VPP)
selection
7. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.
expert power
trancenders
trait performance appraisal method
job sharing
8. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.
strategic planning
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Norris-La Guardia Act
selection
9. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control
discipline
solicitation sexual harassment
stretch goal
charismatic leader
10. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.
Society for Human Resource Management
fast tracking
culture shock
job simplification
11. Reporting criminal activity to the government.
whistleblowing
functional job analysis (FJA)
broadbanding
self-directed team
12. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
career plateauing
orientation
employment-at-will
job analysis
13. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
job specifications
stretch goal
pay grades
14. Pay according to the number of units produced.
forced-choice
piecework pay
charge form
employee involvement (EI) groups
15. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.
critical incident
negative reinforcement
subordinate appraisal
skill-based pay
16. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.
contrast effect
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
punishment
postconventional moral development
17. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.
forced-choice
piecework pay
self-directed team
four-fifths rule
18. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.
job enlargement
cash compensation
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
hygiene factors
19. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.
taskforce team
selection
workforce diversity
progressive discipline
20. An interview based on a set group of questions so to be compared answers across all candidates. Questions are asked based on job knowledge - job simulation - situational - and work willingness.
value-added compensation
structured interview
positive discipline
four-fifths rule
21. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.
servant leader
ethnorelativism
essay
manager/supervisor appraisal
22. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.
justice ethical decision
eustress
functional job analysis (FJA)
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
23. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.
punishment
Executive Order 11246
cross-functional team
utilitarian ethical decision
24. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
transactional leader
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
legitimate leadership
25. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
burnout
social contract ethical decision
hygiene factors
restricted policy
26. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
hourly pay
repatriation
expatriates
restricted policy
27. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.
encouraged resignation
resignation
values
Society for Human Resource Management
28. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.
career path
balance sheet approach
point system
Immigration Reform and Control Act
29. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.
informal factors
noncontributory pension plan
charismatic leader
unstructured interview
30. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
training
stretch goal
justice ethical decision
computerized job analysis
31. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.
value-added compensation
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
critical incident method
broadbanding
32. 1959. Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible for the union's financial affairs - to prevent bully-boy tactics - ensure democratic voting practices within unions - outlaw secondary boycotts - and restrict picketing. Also called Labor-M
contrast effect
Landrum-Griffin Act
values
flextime
33. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.
point system
job analysis
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
pay equity
34. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
job description
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Landrum-Griffin Act
pay secrecy
35. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.
silver handshake
orientation
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
self-directed team
36. 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.
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
voluntary protection program (VPP)
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
transformational leader
37. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
Society for Human Resource Management
trait performance appraisal method
similar to me error
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
38. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.
authorization card
silver handshake
behavior checklist
Medical savings account (MSA)
39. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.
pay grades
pay for performance standard
quid pro quo harassment
employee involvement (EI) groups
40. Discipline focused on early correcion of employee misconduct. 1. Conference between employee and supervisor. 2. Second conference when solution did not work 3. Decision-making leave (paid leave)
360-degree appraisal
salary pay
piecework pay
positive discipline
41. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
reductions-in-force (RIF)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
vertical career path
inappropriate sexual harassment
42. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.
halo effect
Equal Pay Act
vesting
charismatic leader
43. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.
transformational leader
temporal errors
criminal sexual harassment
quid pro quo harassment
44. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.
authoritarian leadership type
unencouraged resignation
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
salary pay
45. Teaching long-term skills.
development
physiological needs
process improvement team
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
46. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.
behavior observation scales (BOS)
absenteeism
job description
critical incident
47. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
error of leniency or strictness
48. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.
human resource information system
vesting
Clayton Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
49. Purposeful discrimination.
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
authorization card
similar to me error
disparate treatment
50. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.
unstructured interview
functional job analysis (FJA)
manager/supervisor appraisal
401(k) savings plan