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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. A problem in evaluation due to being compared to someone previously evaluated.






2. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.






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






4. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






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






6. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






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






8. Minorities in the workplace.






9. Group assigned with improving quality.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. RIF that include some type of severance pay and extension of benefits for a predetermined period of time.






15. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






16. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






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






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






19. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






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






21. 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.






22. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






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






24. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






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.






26. A succession of linked jobs that prepares a worker for advancement to the next job in the chain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.






35. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






36. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






37. 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).






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






39. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






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






41. Reward given for desired behavior.






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






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






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






45. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






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






47. Power based on individual expertise.






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






49. 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.






50. Reporting criminal activity to the government.







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