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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. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






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






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






4. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.






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






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






7. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.






8. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.






9. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.






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






11. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






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






13. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.






14. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.






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






16. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.






17. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.






18. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.






19. A time when the individual stops advancing before reaching the next highest level. It is not necessarily a failed effort because not everyone is promoted to the top position and many common career paths are not designed to lead to the top.






20. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.






21. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.






22. Pay by the hour.






23. Performance appraisal that recognizes team accomplishement instead of individual performance - used by companies with a strong total quality management (TQM) emphasis.






24. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






25. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.






26. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.






27. 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.






28. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






29. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.






30. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






31. Power based on individual expertise.






32. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






33. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.






34. A neutral third party that will make the binding decision between both parties.






35. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






36. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






37. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.






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






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






40. Performance appraisal done by fellow employees - usually combined by the manager into a single profile for use. May be the most accurate - but not used due to popularity copntests.






41. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.






42. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






43. 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






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






45. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






46. An attempt by the employer to alter the behavior of the employee by persuasion and motivational incentives.






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






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






49. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.






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