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HRI Certification
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certifications
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Scheduling
Time-off request policy
Mission Statement
Motivators/Satisfiers
2. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Work styles
Certification
Message
Informal communication
3. Meetings that share communication
Information meetings
Principles
Informal communication
Budget
4. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Action meetings
Vision Statement
Employee absence policy
Stress Management
5. The person for whom the communication is intended
Agenda
Unstructured exit interview
Information receiver
Salaries
6. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Unpreventable crisis
Value Statement
Debrief meeting
SWOT analysis
7. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Informal communication
Sales projections
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Contact list
8. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Salaries
Problem-solving model
Nonverbal communication
Motivation
9. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Master schedule
Empathy
Employee absence policy
Brainstorming meetings
10. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Certification
Cross-functional team
Arbitration
Root cause
11. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Organizational goals
Sales projections
Action plan
Forming
12. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Contingency plan
Payroll standards
Management schedule
Delegation
13. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Voluntary termination
Departmental/team objectives
Stress Management
14. Meals to be served
Accountability
Covers
Arbitration
Root cause
15. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Arbitration
Delegation
Value Statement
Deployment chart
16. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Goal
Shift leaders
Professionalism
Environmental noise
17. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Decoding
Information sender
Mission Statement
Stress Management
18. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Negotiation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Organizational goals
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
19. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Workplace Ethics
Time-off request policy
Communication
Sales projections
20. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Stress Management
Performing
Cross-training
Payroll standards
21. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Time-off request policy
Next steps
Exit interview
Core values
22. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Communication
Delegation
Documentation
23. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Sexual harassment
Standard
Nonverbal communication
Vision Statement
24. Differs from other forms of communication in that there are usually only a few participants involved (often just two people) - the individuals are in close proximity to each other as shown - and the feedback is immediate
Interpersonal communication
Decoding
Directing
Employee absence policy
25. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Teamwork
Progressive disciplinary action
Budget
Documentation
26. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Networking
Internal communication
Next steps
Strategic priority
27. Meetings that are scheduled on a regular basis between the employee and employer to discuss the employee's job performance and additional pay - if any - for the coming year
Problem-solving meetings
Performance review cycles
Crisis
Progressive disciplinary action
28. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Affection
Individual performance of objectives
Conflict resolution
Call/emergency meetings
29. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Workplace Ethics
Strategic priority
Meeting
Measurable results
30. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Commissions
Management
Listening
Time Management
31. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Compensation
Voluntary termination
Brainstorming meetings
Covers
32. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Next steps
Unstructured exit interview
Involuntary termination
33. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Informal communication
Norming
Leadership
Information sender
34. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Cross-functional team
Media policy
Historical sales information
Control
35. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Supporting
Progressive disciplinary action
Spin
Unpreventable crisis
36. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Crisis
Departmental/team objectives
Floaters
Environmental noise
37. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Terminable acts
Crew schedule
Performing
Standard
38. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Problem-solving team
Interfunctional team
Certification
39. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Ground rules
Historical sales information
Performance review cycles
Workplace Ethics
40. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Sexual harassment
Call/emergency meetings
Brainstorming
Communication
41. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Unstructured exit interview
Parking lot
Internal communication
42. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Planning
Evacuation
Sexual harassment
Call/emergency meetings
43. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Personal treatment
Meeting
Time Management
Information sender
44. Costs that management cannot control
Warm-up activity
Alternative
Noncontrollable costs
Merit pay
45. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Problem-solving model
Communication
Environmental noise
Negotiation
46. A potential solution to a problem
Contingency plan
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Deployment chart
Alternative
47. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Structured exit interview
Information receiver
Spin
Preventable crisis
48. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Mission Statement
Next steps
Self-directed teams
Accountability
49. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Environmental noise
Time Management
Action plan
Professional Development
50. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Unpreventable crisis
Call/emergency meetings
Workplace Ethics
Informal communication