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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
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1. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






2. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.






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






4. 1926. Required employers to collectively bargain with unions. In 1936 - amended to include airlines.






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






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






7. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






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






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






10. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.






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






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






13. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.






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






15. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.






16. Withdrawal of a reward.






17. 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.






18. An integrated knowledge within an organization that sets it out from the competition.






19. Listening to understand without judgment.






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






21. Understanding the duties of the job.






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






23. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.






24. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.






25. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.






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






27. Performance appraisal by an employee of their superior. Usually evaluates on leadership - oral communication - delegation of authority - coordination of team efforts - and interest in subordinates.






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






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






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






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






32. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






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






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






35. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.






36. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).






37. Rating based on having certain characteristics.






38. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






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






40. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. An organization that has generated a list of recommendation for executing an effective diversity initiative.






45. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






46. Reward given for desired behavior.






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






48. Test that measure what a person can do right now.






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






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