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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. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.






2. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.






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






4. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.






5. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






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






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






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






9. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.






10. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.






11. Listening to understand without judgment.






12. Withdrawal of a reward.






13. Includes hourly wages - salaries - and bonuses.






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






15. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.






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






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






18. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.






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






20. An employer-created fund for laid off employees to draw from on top of unemployment benefits.






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






22. Means that people employed in an organization represent different cultural groups and human qualities.






23. 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.






24. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






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






26. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






27. 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.






28. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






29. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.






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






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






36. 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.






37. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.






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






39. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






40. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






41. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.






42. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.






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






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






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






46. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.






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






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






49. A decision based on the long-term interests of an individual.






50. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.