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DSST Human Resource Management
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1. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.
quid pro quo harassment
characteristics model
separations
cross-functional team
2. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
cash balance pension plan
referent power
Society for Human Resource Management
3. Pay according to the number of units produced.
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
piecework pay
job rotation
values
4. Systems that provide data for Human Resource control and decision making.
human resource information system
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
affirmative action
human resource planning
5. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
problem solving appraisal interview
whistleblowing
employment-at-will
401(k) savings plan
6. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.
contrast effect
development assignments
401(k) savings plan
reductions-in-force (RIF)
7. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.
physiological needs
distributional errors
fixed-interval reinforcement
defined contribution plan
8. 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.
preconventional moral development
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
recruiting
401(k) savings plan
9. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
repatriation
employee involvement (EI) groups
employment-at-will
whistleblowing
10. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.
401(k) savings plan
job enrichment
defined benefit plan
development
11. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
quid pro quo harassment
red circle rates
silver handshake
value-added compensation
12. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
servant leader
individualistic ethical decision
selection
noncontributory pension plan
13. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.
managing workforce diversity
burnout
reductions-in-force (RIF)
Civil Rights Act
14. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
achievement test
reductions-in-force (RIF)
labor agreement
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
15. Identifies the actions that should or should not be seen on the job - used mainly for developmental feedback..
halo effect
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
transactional leader
behavioral performance appraisal method
16. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
training
job analysis
four-fifths rule
structured interview
17. 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.
host country nationals
balanced scorecard (BSC)
core competencies
authorization card
18. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.
pay equity
flextime
adverse impact
authoritarian leadership type
19. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.
laissez-faire leadership type
self-directed team
contributory pension plan
noncontributory pension plan
20. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.
silver handshake
quid pro quo harassment
eustress
selection
21. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.
productivity
salary pay
subordinate appraisal
referent power
22. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.
Civil Rights Act
involuntary reduction
internal locus
distributional errors
23. 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.
structured interview
trait performance appraisal method
voluntary protection program (VPP)
mixed-standard rating scale
24. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
job analysis
recency error
virtual team
absenteeism
25. 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.
values
recency error
compressed workweek
broadbanding
26. A process to make the job more complex to improve the level of boredom of an oversimplified job.
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
job enlargement
error of leniency or strictness
27. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.
silver handshake
Immigration Reform and Control Act
behavior checklist
quid pro quo harassment
28. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
self-appraisal
management by objectives (MBO)
graphic rating scale
Norris-La Guardia Act
29. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.
resignation
managing workforce diversity
non-cash compensation
self-directed team
30. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.
culture shock
contrast error
Clayton Act
pay secrecy
31. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.
Civil Rights Act
team appraisal
physiological needs
business ethics
32. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.
restricted policy
essay
self-directed team
tell and listen appraisal interview
33. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.
behavioral performance appraisal method
achievement test
factor comparison system
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
34. An appraisal error based on biases of how the information is selected - evaluated - or organized.
computerized job analysis
self-directed team
temporal errors
Executive Order 11246
35. A decision based on the principle that the behavior that causes the greatest good for the most is ethical.
tell and sell appraisal interview
ethnorelativism
utilitarian ethical decision
absenteeism
36. 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.
tell and listen appraisal interview
training
salary pay
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
37. 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.
horizontal career path
disparate treatment
reductions-in-force (RIF)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
38. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
Landrum-Griffin Act
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
conventional moral development
achievement test
39. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.
fast tracking
Norris-La Guardia Act
behavior checklist
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
40. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
virtual team
characteristics model
accountability
vesting
41. Test used by courts to assess merits of prima facie case of disparate treatment when lacking evidence - requires plaintiff to show he: 1. belongs to protected group -2. has applied and is qualified - 3. was rejected despite qualifications - and 4. th
McDonnell Douglas Test
silver handshake
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
Clayton Act
42. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.
conventional moral development
peer appraisal
unstructured interview
coercive leadership
43. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Immigration Reform and Control Act
error of leniency or strictness
job classification system
44. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.
productivity
self-appraisal
Railway Labor Act
transactional leader
45. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.
critical incident
whistleblowing
defined benefit plan
diversity awareness training
46. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.
vesting
Immigration Reform and Control Act
job enlargement
pay equity
47. A method of moving the employee to different jobs for variety - designed to prevent boredom of repetitive tasks.
moral rights ethical decision
job rotation
career path
pluralism
48. Performance appraisal done by fellow employees - usually combined by the manager into a single profile for use. May be the most accurate - but not used due to popularity copntests.
broadbanding
peer appraisal
positive discipline
charismatic leader
49. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.
authoritarian leadership type
partial reinforcement
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Clayton Act
50. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
workforce diversity
job simplification
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
generalized sexual harassment