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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.






2. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






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






4. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.






13. A process to make the job more complex to improve the level of boredom of an oversimplified job.






14. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






15. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.






16. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.






17. Minorities in the workplace.






18. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.






25. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






26. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.






27. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.






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






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






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






31. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.






32. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.






33. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.






34. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.






35. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.






36. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.






37. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control






38. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.






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






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






47. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






48. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






49. 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.






50. 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)







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