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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 pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






2. A decision based on the long-term interests of an individual.






3. 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.






4. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






5. Identifies the actions that should or should not be seen on the job - used mainly for developmental feedback..






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






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






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.






9. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.






10. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.






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






12. Payment rates above the pay range.






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






14. The oldest and simplest job evaluation that is based on grouping the jobs based on their relative worth to one another; can only be used on a small number of jobs.






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. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.






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






18. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.






19. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.






20. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






21. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.






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






23. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.






24. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.






25. An appraisal error based on biases of how the information is selected - evaluated - or organized.






26. Teaching long-term skills.






27. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






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






29. 1970. A law passed to attempt to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. It's general area of responsibility are: 1.General Industry 2. Maritime 3. Construction 4. Agriculture






30. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






31. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






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






33. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






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






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






36. A decision based on existing norms.






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






38. Purposeful discrimination.






39. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






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






41. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






42. 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.






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






44. A method that evaluates based on: 1. Knowledge 2. Accountability 3. Mental Activity (KAMA)






45. Sexual harassment that uses rewards; potential for criminal prosecution.






46. 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.






47. Withdrawal of a reward.






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






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






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