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DSST Human Resource Management

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






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






3. 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.






4. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge






5. Helps manager translate measurement framework from strategic to operational goals.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Group assigned with improving quality.






12. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






13. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.






14. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.






15. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






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






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






18. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.






19. 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.






20. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.






21. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.






22. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






23. Test used by courts to assess merits of prima facie case of disparate treatment when lacking evidence - requires plaintiff to show he: 1. belongs to protected group -2. has applied and is qualified - 3. was rejected despite qualifications - and 4. th






24. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






25. Withdrawal of a reward.






26. A concept Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham formulated after researching job design - focusing on three main parts: core job dimensions - critical psychological states - and employee growth need.






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






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






29. Performance appraisal that recognizes team accomplishement instead of individual performance - used by companies with a strong total quality management (TQM) emphasis.






30. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.






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






32. 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






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






34. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.






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






36. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.






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






38. A decision based on existing norms.






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






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






41. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.






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






43. Accommodation of several cultures.






44. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.






45. Payment rates above the pay range.






46. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.






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






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






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






50. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.







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