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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. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.






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






3. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.






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






5. Pay according to the number of units produced.






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






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






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






9. 1947. Pro-business act created to counter the pro-labor Wagner Act by banning unfair practices of labor unions. Created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to help resolve grievances.






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






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






12. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






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






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






15. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






16. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






17. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.






18. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






19. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






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






21. Not reporting to work.






22. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






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






24. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






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






27. The matching of people with future vacancies.






28. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.






29. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






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






31. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






32. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.






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






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






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






36. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration






37. To discipline by being effective - consistent - and applied to all equally. 1. Documentation of Misconduct 2. Investigative Interview 3. Application of Discipline






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






39. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






40. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.






41. Minorities in the workplace.






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






43. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.






44. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






45. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






46. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.






47. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.






48. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






49. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.






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