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HRI Certification
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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. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Covers
Cross-functional team
Brainstorming
Terminable acts
2. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Unpreventable crisis
Problem-solving meetings
Delegation
Interpersonal communication
3. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Minutes
Supporting
Personal treatment
Cross-training
4. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Brainstorming
Debrief meeting
Interfunctional team
Ground rules
5. A potential solution to a problem
Value Statement
Unpreventable crisis
Alternative
Salaries
6. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Sexual harassment
Compensation
Arbitration
Mission Statement
7. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Problem
Interpersonal communication
Structured exit interview
Wage
8. 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
Management schedule
Minutes
Objective
Vision Statement
9. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Wage
Informal communication
Conflict resolution
Documentation
10. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Individual performance of objectives
Progressive disciplinary action
Value Statement
Performance review cycles
11. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Performance review cycles
Commissions
Interfunctional team
Delegation
12. A process managers use to identify what causes stress for them in the workplace as well as in their personal life - and then to apply various strategies to minimize its effects
Stress Management
Facilitator
Teamwork
Crisis
13. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Shift leaders
Mediation
Preventable crisis
Storming
14. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Performance standard
Salaries
Merit pay
Empathy
15. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Professional Development
Message channel
Negotiation
Delegation
16. Meals to be served
Mentor
Call/emergency meetings
Covers
Empathy
17. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Deployment chart
Preventable crisis
Next steps
Terminable acts
18. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Team
Organizational communication
Contact list
Formal communication
19. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Commissions
Spin
Vision Statement
Call/emergency meetings
20. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Exit interview
Conflict resolution
Performing
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
21. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Sexual harassment
Historical sales information
Meeting
Departmental/team objectives
22. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Professional Development
Controllable costs
Warm-up activity
Mission Statement
23. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Measurable results
Structured exit interview
Value Statement
Certification
24. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Time-off request policy
Team
Internal communication
Message
25. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Professional Development
Goal
Minutes
Affection
26. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
SWOT analysis
Performing
Crisis
Empathy
27. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Sales projections
Departmental/team objectives
Spin
28. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Shift leaders
Problem-solving meetings
Brainstorming
Covers
29. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Problem solving
Documentation
Mediation
Nepotism
30. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Certification
Nepotism
Evacuation
Debrief meeting
31. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Evacuation
Structured exit interview
Planning
Merit pay
32. Developing the message to be sent
Control
Budget
Encoding
Standard
33. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Call/emergency meetings
Sexual harassment
Directing
Performing
34. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Stress
Organizational goals
Inclusion
Alternative
35. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Unpreventable crisis
Action item
Motivators/Satisfiers
Norming
36. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Organizational communication
Planning
Salaries
Value Statement
37. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Certification
Message channel
Cross-training
Employee absence policy
38. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Scheduling
Team
Motivators/Satisfiers
Stress
39. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Budget
Forming
Semivariable costs
Goal
40. 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
Message context
Management
Control
Team
41. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Bonuses
Negotiation
Standard
Arbitration
42. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Mentor
Crisis
Benchmark
Professional Development
43. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Agenda
Nepotism
Merit pay
Self-directed teams
44. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Facilitator
Norming
Information meetings
Performance standard
45. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Management schedule
Deployment chart
Warm-up activity
Employee absence policy
46. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Structured exit interview
Crew schedule
Action plan
Problem-solving team
47. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Professional Development
Evacuation
Contingency plan
48. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Organizational communication
Formal communication
Sales projections
Value Statement
49. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Leadership
Ground rules
Warm-up activity
Networking
50. A situation in which management must terminate an employee for one of four reasons - including lack of work for the individual - lack of funding - unsatisfactory performance - or violating a company policy
Self-directed teams
Action meetings
Brainstorming meetings
Involuntary termination