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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






2. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






3. 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.






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






5. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






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






7. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






8. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






9. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.






10. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






11. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.






12. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






13. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






14. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.






15. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.






16. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






17. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.






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






19. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






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






21. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.






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






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






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






25. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.






26. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.






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






28. Not reporting to work.






29. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






30. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






31. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.






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






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






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






35. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






36. The matching of people with future vacancies.






37. Minorities in the workplace.






38. 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.






39. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






40. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






41. Focus on the employee's achievements; less subjective - acceptable for employees and supervisors - link individual performance with organizational goals - encourage goal setting - and are good for reward and promotion decisions. However - time consum






42. Test used by courts to assess merits of prima facie case of disparate treatment when lacking evidence - requires plaintiff to show he: 1. belongs to protected group -2. has applied and is qualified - 3. was rejected despite qualifications - and 4. th






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






44. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






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






46. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.






47. An situation in which an employer makes work life so difficult for the employee that they have no choice but to resign.






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






49. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






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