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DSST Human Resource Management

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1. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






2. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.






7. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.






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






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






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






11. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






12. Method that determines the relative worth of jobs.






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






14. Training designed to make people recognize and address their own prejudices.






15. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






16. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.






17. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.






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






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






20. A leader that has an ability to motivate employees to go beyond expectations; less predictable than transactional and embrace new ideas. Charismatic leaders are visionaries; they try to get others to see a better future and their participation in it.






21. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.






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






23. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.






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






25. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






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






27. 1931. Required federal contracts for construction to specify minimum wage for workers.






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






29. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






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






31. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






32. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.






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






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






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






36. Teaching long-term skills.






37. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.






38. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.






50. The first level of moral development - in which people make decisions based on selfish reasons; concerned only with external rewards or punishments. A characteristic of managers with authoritarian and coercive styles.






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