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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.






2. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






3. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.






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






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






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






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






8. Host country natives that are employees. Usually is shifted to because it is cheaper - gives a good impression on locals - and no adjustment to culture.






9. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






15. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.






16. The first level of moral development - in which people make decisions based on selfish reasons; concerned only with external rewards or punishments. A characteristic of managers with authoritarian and coercive styles.






17. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






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






19. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.






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






26. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.






27. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.






28. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






29. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.






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






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






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






33. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.






40. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.






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






42. A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission; the needs of others are placed above the leader's own needs.






43. Teaching long-term skills.






44. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.






45. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.






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






47. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






48. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.






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






50. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.