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DSST Human Resource Management

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1. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.






2. 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.






3. Two part-time employees share one full time position.






4. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






13. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






14. When twelve months have been worked at an employer with health insurance - a worker can transfer to another employer with no regard to preexisting conditions.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.






22. Pay according to the number of units produced.






23. Not reporting to work.






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






25. Bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes shelter - food - sleep - breaks - and compensation.






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






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






28. 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.






29. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.






30. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.






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






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






33. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.






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






35. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.






36. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.






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






38. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






39. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






40. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.






41. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.






42. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.






43. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






44. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.






45. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






46. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






47. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.






48. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.






49. An integrated knowledge within an organization that sets it out from the competition.






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







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