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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration
charismatic leader
employment-at-will
voluntary protection program (VPP)
broadbanding
2. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.
competence based pay
third-country nationals
wage curve
referent power
3. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.
esteem needs
McDonnell Douglas Test
union steward
charge form
4. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.
vertical career path
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
authorization card
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
5. Rating based on having certain characteristics.
graphic rating scale
job enrichment
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
negative reinforcement
6. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
job classification system
hostile environment
orientation
culture shock
7. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
voluntary protection program (VPP)
informal factors
consumer price index (CPI)
8. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.
salary pay
vertical career path
subordinate appraisal
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
9. 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.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
repatriation
burnout
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
10. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.
job specifications
coercive leadership
Norris-La Guardia Act
virtual team
11. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
Norris-La Guardia Act
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
telecommuting
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
12. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
motivators
silver handshake
self-appraisal
13. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.
succession planning
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
cash compensation
factor comparison system
14. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.
diversity awareness training
behavior observation scales (BOS)
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
15. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
job specifications
job analysis
cafeteria plans
ethnorelativism
16. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
temporal errors
involuntary reduction
competence based pay
generalized sexual harassment
17. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.
Railway Labor Act
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
career path
job rotation
18. Purposeful discrimination.
employment-at-will
stretch goal
authorization card
disparate treatment
19. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.
job evaluation
informal factors
managing workforce diversity
conventional moral development
20. An integrated knowledge within an organization that sets it out from the competition.
core competencies
achievement test
silver handshake
charge form
21. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
utilitarian ethical decision
self-appraisal
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
22. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.
Davis-Bacon Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
recruiting
piecework pay
23. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.
flextime
distributional errors
criminal sexual harassment
mixed-standard rating scale
24. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.
Davis-Bacon Act
essay
quid pro quo harassment
laissez-faire leadership type
25. RIF that include some type of severance pay and extension of benefits for a predetermined period of time.
achievement test
voluntary reduction
cash compensation
affirmative action
26. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
value-added compensation
recruiting
horizontal career path
non-cash compensation
27. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
variable-interval reinforcement
union steward
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
compressed workweek
28. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.
error of central tendency
whistleblowing
strategic diversity management
extinction
29. 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.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
career path
red circle rates
job ranking system
30. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
Hay profile method
defined contribution plan
factor comparison system
selection
31. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
characteristics model
job description
job analysis
conventional moral development
32. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.
stress interview
voluntary protection program (VPP)
similar to me error
leadership
33. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.
computerized job analysis
error of central tendency
flextime
managing workforce diversity
34. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.
accountability
coercive sexual harassment
Society for Human Resource Management
referent power
35. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
voluntary reduction
restricted policy
employment-at-will
wage curve
36. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.
Civil Rights Act
justice ethical decision
social contract ethical decision
critical incident
37. Rating based on comparison than a standard.
red circle rates
mixed-standard rating scale
pay grades
behavioral performance appraisal method
38. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.
point system
democratic leadership type
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
pay secrecy
39. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.
business ethics
fair representation
progressive discipline
extinction
40. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.
hostile environment
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
management by objectives (MBO)
41. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
laissez-faire leadership type
employment-at-will
union steward
encouraged resignation
42. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
subordinate appraisal
restricted policy
noncontributory pension plan
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
43. Reward given for desired behavior.
compressed workweek
restricted policy
positive reinforcement
values
44. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.
job analysis
cross-functional team
contributory pension plan
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
45. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
burnout
restricted policy
eustress
46. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.
hygiene factors
third-country nationals
restricted policy
quid pro quo harassment
47. When twelve months have been worked at an employer with health insurance - a worker can transfer to another employer with no regard to preexisting conditions.
Railway Labor Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Hay profile method
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
48. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
360-degree appraisal
managing workforce diversity
business ethics
training
49. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
mixed-standard rating scale
variable-ratio reinforcement
quality circle
50. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.
Norris-La Guardia Act
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
quality circle
retirement
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