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






2. Reward given for desired behavior.






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






4. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






5. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;






6. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.






7. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.






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






9. A form in which accidents that cause death - illness - or injury in the workplace are recorded.






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






11. 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.






12. Power based on individual expertise.






13. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.






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






15. 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.






16. A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission; the needs of others are placed above the leader's own needs.






17. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.






18. To discipline by being effective - consistent - and applied to all equally. 1. Documentation of Misconduct 2. Investigative Interview 3. Application of Discipline






19. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.






20. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.






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






22. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






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






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






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






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






27. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.






28. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






29. Listening to understand without judgment.






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






31. When twelve months have been worked at an employer with health insurance - a worker can transfer to another employer with no regard to preexisting conditions.






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






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






34. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.






35. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






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






37. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






38. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.






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






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






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






42. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






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






44. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.






45. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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