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






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






3. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






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






5. The matching of people with future vacancies.






6. Binding document with terms or conditions or rules.






7. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.






8. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






9. Reward given for desired behavior.






10. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.






11. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.






12. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.






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






14. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.






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






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






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






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






19. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.






20. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






21. 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.






22. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.






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






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






25. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






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






27. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






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






29. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






30. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






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






32. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






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






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






36. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.






37. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.






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






39. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






40. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.






41. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.






42. Focus on the employee's achievements; less subjective - acceptable for employees and supervisors - link individual performance with organizational goals - encourage goal setting - and are good for reward and promotion decisions. However - time consum






43. Payment rates above the pay range.






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






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






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






47. A decision based on existing norms.






48. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






49. The third level of moral development in which people make decisions based on internalized principles - beliefs - and values. A characteristic of managers that encourage to think for themselves and engage in moral reasoning.






50. 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.