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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. Selection of the minority is less than 80 percent of the time - used as a rule of thumb in determining adverse impact.
job ranking system
safety needs
four-fifths rule
defined benefit plan
2. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.
stretch goal
piecework pay
McDonnell Douglas Test
esteem needs
3. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.
defined contribution plan
voluntary protection program (VPP)
value-added compensation
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
4. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
stress interview
tell and listen appraisal interview
contributory pension plan
5. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.
locus control
preconventional moral development
career path
distributional errors
6. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.
taskforce team
distributional errors
punishment
preconventional moral development
7. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
internal selection
cross-functional team
laissez-faire leadership type
8. Reporting criminal activity to the government.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
whistleblowing
behavior checklist
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
9. A decision based on the principle that the behavior that causes the greatest good for the most is ethical.
Equal Pay Act
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
repatriation
utilitarian ethical decision
10. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.
contrast effect
servant leader
job analysis
vesting
11. Belief that one culture is superior to another.
hygiene factors
ethnocentrism
contrast error
protected classes
12. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.
extinction
team appraisal
job sharing
eustress
13. Defining the characteristics that the organization feels would be a good fit for the vacancies. To recruit - an organization must conduct job analysis - provide a job description - and give job specification.
career plateauing
subordinate appraisal
recruiting
team appraisal
14. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.
customer appraisal
partial reinforcement
continuous reinforcement
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
15. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
absenteeism
distributional errors
customer appraisal
training
16. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.
pay grades
job evaluation
democratic leadership type
virtual team
17. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.
burnout
Executive Order 11246
solicitation sexual harassment
Medical savings account (MSA)
18. Accommodation of several cultures.
authorization card
pluralism
reward leadership
halo effect
19. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
inappropriate sexual harassment
contrast error
Railway Labor Act
20. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.
quality circle
Society for Human Resource Management
peer appraisal
essay
21. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
hourly pay
EEO-1 Report
employment-at-will
broadbanding
22. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
accountability
hygiene factors
non-cash compensation
separations
23. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge
consumer price index (CPI)
progressive discipline
management by objectives (MBO)
coercive sexual harassment
24. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.
defined contribution plan
variable-ratio reinforcement
protected classes
job ranking system
25. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.
360-degree appraisal
trancenders
subordinate appraisal
fixed-interval reinforcement
26. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.
skill-based pay
critical incident
social contract ethical decision
voluntary protection program (VPP)
27. Hands-off approach over all decision-making without any further involvement unless asked to participate.
diversity awareness training
essay
labor agreement
laissez-faire leadership type
28. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.
telecommuting
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
flextime
adverse impact
29. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
error of leniency or strictness
management by objectives (MBO)
Hay profile method
Society for Human Resource Management
30. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.
vertical career path
self-actualization
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Landrum-Griffin Act
31. Not reporting to work.
absenteeism
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
fixed-ratio reinforcement
noncontributory pension plan
32. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.
alternative resolution procedure (ARD)
criminal sexual harassment
workforce diversity
vesting
33. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
learning organization
error of leniency or strictness
achievement test
democratic leadership type
34. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
cross-functional team
burnout
temporal errors
pay for performance standard
35. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.
leadership
development
quid pro quo harassment
job analysis
36. RIF that include some type of severance pay and extension of benefits for a predetermined period of time.
voluntary reduction
transactional leader
cash compensation
conventional moral development
37. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.
OSHA form 300
distress
continuous reinforcement
preconventional moral development
38. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.
criminal sexual harassment
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
workforce diversity
39. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Davis-Bacon Act
results performance appraisal method
job evaluation
40. Identifies the actions that should or should not be seen on the job - used mainly for developmental feedback..
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
positive reinforcement
behavioral performance appraisal method
essay
41. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
hygiene factors
job enlargement
retirement
unstructured interview
42. A leader that has an ability to motivate employees to go beyond expectations; less predictable than transactional and embrace new ideas. Charismatic leaders are visionaries; they try to get others to see a better future and their participation in it.
manager/supervisor appraisal
leadership
charismatic leader
pay grades
43. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
broadbanding
external locus
reward leadership
orientation
44. A decision based on existing norms.
transformational leader
quid pro quo harassment
social contract ethical decision
selection
45. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.
similar to me error
problem solving appraisal interview
job classification system
defined benefit plan
46. The third level of moral development in which people make decisions based on internalized principles - beliefs - and values. A characteristic of managers that encourage to think for themselves and engage in moral reasoning.
coercive leadership
labor agreement
postconventional moral development
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
47. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.
disparate treatment
affirmative action
selection
job rotation
48. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.
employment-at-will
legitimate leadership
job enlargement
esteem needs
49. An appraisal error based on biases of how the information is selected - evaluated - or organized.
broadbanding
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
temporal errors
wage and salary survey
50. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.
cross-functional team
quality circle
forced-choice
job classification system
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