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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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1. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






2. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.






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






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






5. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.






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






7. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






8. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.






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.






10. Systems that provide data for Human Resource control and decision making.






11. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.






12. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






13. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.






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






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






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






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






18. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.






19. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.






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






25. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.






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






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






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






29. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






30. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.






31. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.






32. Understanding the duties of the job.






33. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.






34. A decision based on existing norms.






35. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.






36. 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.






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






38. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.






39. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.






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






41. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.






42. 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.






43. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






44. 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






45. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






46. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).






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






48. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge






49. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






50. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.