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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






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






3. The second level of moral development in which people make decisions that conform to societal expectations. A characteristic of managers who encourage work collaboration.






4. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.






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






6. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.






7. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.






8. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






9. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






10. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






11. Payment rates above the pay range.






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






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






14. Pay according to the number of units produced.






15. 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.






16. Rating based on comparison than a standard.






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






18. Organization of healthcare professionals that provide services on a prepaid basis; seen as lower quality to the employee.






19. 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.






20. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.






21. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.






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






23. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.






24. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.






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






26. 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.






27. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.






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






29. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






30. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.






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






32. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.






33. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.






34. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Performance appraisal by an employee of their superior. Usually evaluates on leadership - oral communication - delegation of authority - coordination of team efforts - and interest in subordinates.






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






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






42. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.






43. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.






44. Reward given for desired behavior.






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






46. The matching of people with future vacancies.






47. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






48. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






49. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.






50. Highly trained workers that are a group that perform interdependent tasks.