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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. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Personal treatment
Environmental noise
Media policy
Contingency plan
2. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Standard
Supporting
Voluntary termination
Conflict resolution
3. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Inclusion
Problem-solving model
Storming
Core values
4. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Performing
Compensation
Inclusion
Ground rules
5. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Facilitator
Norming
Certification
6. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Action plan
Measurable results
Goal
Conflict resolution
7. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Nonverbal communication
Personal treatment
Commissions
Brainstorming
8. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Involuntary termination
Brainstorming
Delegation
Networking
9. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Strategic priority
Controllable costs
Empathy
10. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Mediation
Individual performance of objectives
Nonverbal communication
Parking lot
11. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Decoding
Nepotism
Objective
Alternative
12. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Directing
Semivariable costs
Call/emergency meetings
Brainstorming meetings
13. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Employee absence policy
Team
Next steps
Workplace Ethics
14. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Norming
Deployment chart
Shift leaders
Unpreventable crisis
15. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Commissions
Mentor
Measurable results
Minutes
16. Costs that management cannot control
Involuntary termination
Noncontrollable costs
Conflict resolution
Informal communication
17. Involves telling the group what specifically needs to be accomplished - establishing guidelines - and providing specifics on the five Ws (who - what - when where - why) and how
Directing
Problem-solving model
Inclusion
Controllable costs
18. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Information meetings
Objective
Salaries
Merit pay
19. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Professional Development
Problem solving
Merit pay
Budget
20. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Call/emergency meetings
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Commissions
Supporting
21. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Spin
Benchmark
Professional Development
Work styles
22. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Delegation
Arbitration
Unpreventable crisis
Noncontrollable costs
23. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Problem
Salaries
24. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Collective bargaining agreement
Measurable results
Supporting
Nonverbal communication
25. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Employee absence policy
Meeting
Vision Statement
Listening
26. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Brainstorming
Cross-functional team
Documentation
Shift leaders
27. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Supporting
Warm-up activity
Next steps
Deployment chart
28. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Interpersonal communication
Payroll standards
SWOT analysis
Documentation
29. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Favoritism
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Budget
Shift leaders
30. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Floaters
Formal communication
Communication
Brainstorming
31. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Information sender
Spin
Environmental noise
Interfunctional team
32. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Deployment chart
Contact list
Organizational communication
Professionalism
33. A conversation without prepared questions
Unstructured exit interview
Performance standard
Departmental/team objectives
Crisis
34. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Conflict resolution
Problem-solving model
Involuntary termination
Teamwork
35. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Workplace Ethics
Brainstorming meetings
Call/emergency meetings
Facilitator
36. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Employee absence policy
Alternative
Negotiation
Problem
37. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Budget
Work styles
Value Statement
38. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Media policy
Professionalism
Mission Statement
Employee absence policy
39. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Salaries
Collective bargaining agreement
Crew schedule
Employee absence policy
40. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Time Management
Standard
Networking
41. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Root cause
Stress
Certification
Encoding
42. Those costs that have both a fixed and variable element - such that one part will not change as sales volume changes - whereas the other part will change
Commissions
Semivariable costs
Management schedule
Objective
43. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Covers
Leadership
Voluntary termination
Compensation
44. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Objective
Internal communication
Message context
Exit interview
45. Those factors that cause a person to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner and may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli
Motivation
Favoritism
Forming
Encoding
46. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Departmental/team objectives
Media policy
Problem-solving team
Compensation
47. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Problem-solving team
Organizational goals
Nonverbal communication
48. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Warm-up activity
Payroll standards
Commissions
Mission Statement
49. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Decoding
Standard
Message
Salaries
50. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Bonuses
Controllable costs
Arbitration
Strategic priority