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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. 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.






2. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.






3. Understanding the duties of the job.






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






5. Organization of healthcare professionals that provide services on a prepaid basis; seen as lower quality to the employee.






6. 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






7. 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.






8. Power based on individual expertise.






9. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.






10. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.






11. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.






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






13. 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.






14. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.






15. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.






16. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






17. 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.






18. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.






19. 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.






20. The matching of people with future vacancies.






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






22. Not reporting to work.






23. Performance appraisal that seeks evaluation from internal and external customers.






24. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






25. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.






26. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






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






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






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






30. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.






31. Host country natives that are employees. Usually is shifted to because it is cheaper - gives a good impression on locals - and no adjustment to culture.






32. Bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes shelter - food - sleep - breaks - and compensation.






33. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






34. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






35. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






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






37. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






38. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






39. Minorities in the workplace.






40. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.






41. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.






42. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






43. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.






44. 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.






45. A decision based on total impartiality.






46. Law that affects employers with one hundred or more employees and requires the employer to give advance notice of at least sixty days when a plant closing or mass layoff is planned.






47. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






48. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.






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






50. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.