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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. 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.
encouraged resignation
Hay profile method
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
structured interview
2. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.
contributory pension plan
aptitude tests
Society for Human Resource Management
active listening
3. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.
EEO-1 Report
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
job analysis
conventional moral development
4. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.
succession planning
voluntary protection program (VPP)
repatriation
employment-at-will
5. Minorities in the workplace.
recency error
error of central tendency
protected classes
trancenders
6. A method that evaluates based on: 1. Knowledge 2. Accountability 3. Mental Activity (KAMA)
Davis-Bacon Act
horizontal career path
achievement test
Hay profile method
7. Two part-time employees share one full time position.
job sharing
job enrichment
hygiene factors
virtual team
8. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
managing workforce diversity
EEO-1 Report
encouraged resignation
9. A decision based on total impartiality.
human resource planning
referent power
justice ethical decision
eustress
10. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.
balanced scorecard (BSC)
repatriation
affirmative action
positive discipline
11. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
retirement
informal factors
motivators
telecommuting
12. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
vesting
critical incident
computerized job analysis
13. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.
unencouraged resignation
restricted policy
progressive discipline
pay grades
14. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
third-country nationals
value-added compensation
aptitude tests
Immigration Reform and Control Act
15. 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.
peer appraisal
variable-interval reinforcement
cross-functional team
behavior checklist
16. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.
values
360-degree appraisal
distributional errors
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
17. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.
adverse impact
positive discipline
piecework pay
stretch goal
18. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.
trancenders
flextime
job ranking system
internal locus
19. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.
eustress
transactional leader
criminal sexual harassment
encouraged resignation
20. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.
reductions-in-force (RIF)
democratic leadership type
strategic diversity management
achievement test
21. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.
separations
ego strength
job rotation
Hay profile method
22. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.
cross-functional team
individualistic ethical decision
problem solving appraisal interview
Railway Labor Act
23. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.
functional job analysis (FJA)
halo effect
distributional errors
essay
24. Reward given for desired behavior.
Davis-Bacon Act
positive reinforcement
esteem needs
consumer price index (CPI)
25. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
Walsh-Healy Act
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
ethnocentrism
hourly pay
26. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.
authoritarian leadership type
wage curve
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
27. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.
culture shock
functional job analysis (FJA)
pay equity
distress
28. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
preconventional moral development
expatriates
29. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
external locus
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
job analysis
Executive Order 11246
30. Accommodation of several cultures.
pluralism
noncontributory pension plan
partial reinforcement
four-fifths rule
31. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.
arbitrator
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
punishment
ethnocentrism
32. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
pay for performance standard
computerized job analysis
negative reinforcement
33. Performance appraisal that recognizes team accomplishement instead of individual performance - used by companies with a strong total quality management (TQM) emphasis.
defined benefit plan
skill-based pay
balance sheet approach
team appraisal
34. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
inappropriate sexual harassment
computerized job analysis
leadership
35. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.
pay grades
critical incident
social needs
authoritarian leadership type
36. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
behavior checklist
charge form
restricted policy
achievement test
37. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.
job classification system
esteem needs
behavior checklist
progressive discipline
38. 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)
self-directed team
union steward
voluntary protection program (VPP)
positive discipline
39. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
pay for performance standard
social contract ethical decision
inappropriate sexual harassment
strategic diversity management
40. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
factor comparison system
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
trait performance appraisal method
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
41. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.
structured interview
development assignments
recency error
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
42. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.
expert power
fixed-ratio reinforcement
job specifications
McDonnell Douglas Test
43. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.
expatriates
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
protected classes
career plateauing
44. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.
career path
achievement test
Railway Labor Act
expert power
45. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
contrast error
justice ethical decision
burnout
charismatic leader
46. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.
host country nationals
cross-functional team
balance sheet approach
contrast effect
47. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.
Medical savings account (MSA)
retirement
individualistic ethical decision
variable-interval reinforcement
48. A neutral third party that will make the binding decision between both parties.
voluntary reduction
arbitrator
broadbanding
discipline
49. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.
managing workforce diversity
pay for performance standard
management by objectives (MBO)
safety needs
50. 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.
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
strategic diversity management
transformational leader
essay