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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.






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






3. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem






4. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






5. Minorities in the workplace.






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






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






8. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.






9. Not reporting to work.






10. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.






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






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






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






14. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.






15. A concept Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham formulated after researching job design - focusing on three main parts: core job dimensions - critical psychological states - and employee growth need.






16. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.






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






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






19. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.






20. 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.






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.






22. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






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






24. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.






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






26. 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.






27. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.






28. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






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






30. Power based on individual expertise.






31. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.






32. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.






33. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






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






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






36. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






42. The combination of various appraisal systems to give the manager and employee the best view into the performance.






43. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.






44. 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.






45. The matching of people with future vacancies.






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






47. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.






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






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






50. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.







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