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HRI Certification
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1. 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
Debrief meeting
Documentation
Facilitator
2. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Nonverbal communication
Delegation
Next steps
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
3. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Control
Collective bargaining agreement
Message
Semivariable costs
4. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Employee absence policy
Structured exit interview
Communication
Decoding
5. A company's key elements of operation - and they serve as the foundation for the development of both the vision statement and the mission statement
Bonuses
Problem solving
Master schedule
Core values
6. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Environmental noise
Shift leaders
Organizational goals
Wage
7. Govern unemployment compensation
Voluntary termination
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Payroll standards
Stress Management
8. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Time-off request policy
Debrief meeting
Bonuses
Master schedule
9. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Vision Statement
SWOT analysis
Crisis
Semivariable costs
10. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Standard
Empathy
Affection
Organizational communication
11. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Arbitration
Planning
Nepotism
Team
12. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Performance standard
Environmental noise
Formal communication
Voluntary termination
13. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Goal
Next steps
Favoritism
Crisis
14. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Problem-solving meetings
Value Statement
Contact list
15. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Covers
Value Statement
Time-off request policy
Leadership
16. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Contingency plan
Controllable costs
Motivators/Satisfiers
Meeting
17. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Storming
Brainstorming
Workplace Ethics
Time Management
18. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Stress
Interfunctional team
Favoritism
Self-disclosure
19. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Action item
Management
Agenda
Warm-up activity
20. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Media policy
Merit pay
Progressive disciplinary action
Alternative
21. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Objective
Warm-up activity
Unpreventable crisis
Semivariable costs
22. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Brainstorming meetings
Storming
Terminable acts
Informal communication
23. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Mentor
Information meetings
Documentation
Unstructured exit interview
24. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Goal
Motivators/Satisfiers
Certification
Contact list
25. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Warm-up activity
Vision Statement
Cross-functional team
Motivators/Satisfiers
26. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Performance standard
Call/emergency meetings
Parking lot
Time-off request policy
27. 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
Floaters
Controllable costs
Stress Management
Cross-functional team
28. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Contingency plan
Conflict resolution
Planning
Evacuation
29. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Stress Management
Message channel
Terminable acts
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
30. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Next steps
Meeting
Warm-up activity
31. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Leadership
Encoding
Benchmark
Supporting
32. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Unpreventable crisis
Sales projections
Norming
Professionalism
33. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Core values
Vision Statement
Crew schedule
Informal communication
34. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Problem
Progressive disciplinary action
Noncontrollable costs
Environmental noise
35. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Exit interview
Nonverbal communication
Agenda
Forming
36. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Action meetings
Mission Statement
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Information sender
37. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Scheduling
Message
Supporting
Stress
38. 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
Involuntary termination
Decoding
Documentation
Delegation
39. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Exit interview
Personal treatment
Problem-solving meetings
Parking lot
40. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Organizational goals
Affection
Personal treatment
Control
41. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Accountability
Team
Payroll standards
Facilitator
42. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Progressive disciplinary action
Commissions
Objective
Documentation
43. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Favoritism
Scheduling
Internal communication
Covers
44. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Standard
Interfunctional team
Exit interview
Deployment chart
45. A potential solution to a problem
Team
Call/emergency meetings
Crew schedule
Alternative
46. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Historical sales information
Cross-functional team
Work styles
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
47. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Management schedule
Terminable acts
Performance standard
Delegation
48. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Forming
Norming
Floaters
Organizational communication
49. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Problem solving
Root cause
Arbitration
Merit pay
50. A conversation without prepared questions
Personal treatment
Core values
Unstructured exit interview
Empathy
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