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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. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Problem solving
Vision Statement
Sales projections
Norming
2. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Facilitator
Sales projections
Negotiation
Compensation
3. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Voluntary termination
Arbitration
Collective bargaining agreement
Performance standard
4. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Favoritism
Self-disclosure
Planning
Crisis
5. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Message context
Forming
Ground rules
Conflict resolution
6. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Spin
Teamwork
Supporting
7. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Debrief meeting
Evacuation
Scheduling
Favoritism
8. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Documentation
Agenda
Wage
Favoritism
9. Indicates that you have demonstrated a high level of skill and have met specific performance requirements by participating in a rigorous process to become certified
Delegation
Storming
Certification
Action item
10. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Evacuation
Mission Statement
Progressive disciplinary action
Principles
11. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Favoritism
Semivariable costs
Crew schedule
Wage
12. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Deployment chart
Performance review cycles
Accountability
Mission Statement
13. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Leadership
Unstructured exit interview
Crew schedule
Negotiation
14. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Problem-solving model
Forming
Encoding
Stress
15. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Warm-up activity
Structured exit interview
Workplace Ethics
Scheduling
16. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Conflict resolution
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Stress Management
17. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Leadership
Controllable costs
Voluntary termination
Brainstorming
18. An official record of key points discussed or covered at a meeting - as well as anything that might have been decided or completed during the meeting
Storming
Sexual harassment
Minutes
Documentation
19. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Warm-up activity
Time-off request policy
Conflict resolution
Meeting
20. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Progressive disciplinary action
Planning
Formal communication
Brainstorming meetings
21. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Problem-solving model
Planning
Directing
Sexual harassment
22. 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
Nepotism
Controllable costs
Performance review cycles
Compensation
23. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Nepotism
Problem solving
Message channel
Teamwork
24. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Cross-training
Value Statement
Facilitator
Documentation
25. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Management
Nepotism
Bonuses
Collective bargaining agreement
26. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Organizational goals
Professionalism
Measurable results
Work styles
27. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Stress
Budget
Strategic priority
Alternative
28. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Historical sales information
Compensation
Delegation
Problem solving
29. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Progressive disciplinary action
Decoding
Certification
Strategic priority
30. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Internal communication
Payroll standards
Terminable acts
Environmental noise
31. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Controllable costs
Salaries
Performance standard
Merit pay
32. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Professionalism
Work styles
Action item
Self-directed teams
33. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Teamwork
SWOT analysis
Cross-training
Empathy
34. The ability to plan - organize - direct - staff - control - and evaluate the many functions in a food service organization for the purpose of serving organizational goals
Deployment chart
Management
Organizational goals
Scheduling
35. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Action meetings
Covers
Planning
Informal communication
36. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Crisis
Vision Statement
SWOT analysis
Evacuation
37. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Standard
Sales projections
Time-off request policy
Norming
38. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Management schedule
Compensation
Information sender
Collective bargaining agreement
39. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Mediation
Principles
Shift leaders
Storming
40. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Departmental/team objectives
Agenda
Formal communication
Terminable acts
41. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Documentation
Problem-solving meetings
Teamwork
Exit interview
42. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Problem-solving team
Informal communication
Planning
Voluntary termination
43. Govern unemployment compensation
Forming
Negotiation
Affection
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
44. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Mission Statement
Workplace Ethics
Organizational goals
Nepotism
45. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Favoritism
Progressive disciplinary action
Master schedule
Goal
46. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Information sender
SWOT analysis
Delegation
Leadership
47. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Workplace Ethics
Performing
Certification
Goal
48. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Workplace Ethics
Problem solving
Payroll standards
Measurable results
49. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Vision Statement
Arbitration
Problem
Strategic priority
50. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Master schedule
Terminable acts
Encoding
Controllable costs