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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.






2. 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.






3. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.






4. Pay according to the number of units produced.






5. 1974. Main federal legislation responsible for controlling employee benefit and retirement plans.






6. 1947. Pro-business act created to counter the pro-labor Wagner Act by banning unfair practices of labor unions. Created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to help resolve grievances.






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






8. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.






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






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






11. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






12. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






13. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.






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






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






16. Accommodation of several cultures.






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






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






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






20. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






22. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.






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






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






25. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.






26. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






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






28. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration






29. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






30. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






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






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






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






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






35. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






37. An interview based on a set group of questions so to be compared answers across all candidates. Questions are asked based on job knowledge - job simulation - situational - and work willingness.






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






39. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.






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






41. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






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






43. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.






44. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.






45. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.






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






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






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






49. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.






50. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.