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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Indicates that exceptions can result in the achievement of self-fulfilling prohecies






2. Moves the person out of the production area to learn a new skill






3. Is the process used to collect information about the duties responsibilities necessary skills outcomes and work environment of a particular job






4. Because management of nonunion firms generally offered higher wages and benefits to reduce the chance those employees would seek union representation






5. Intrinsic / extrinsic motivation


6. Hygiene factors -created by Frederick Herzberg






7. How essential job tasks are related to the job






8. Purpose of job evaluation






9. Jobs are ranked on the basis of responsibilities and duties and their importance to overall company objectives






10. A listing of what a job includes such as tasks duties and responsibilities - analysis is the process of creating the job description)






11. Is the ideal traits for a position (self starting - works well under pressure - familiar with office machines)






12. Human resource management has moved from organizations that were structured in what terms of style?






13. the identification of team and or individual strengths and weakness is most accurately reflective of which process?






14. Stress that we can use positively for our personal growth






15. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






16. Matches rating with employee behavior






17. The proces of making a list of the exact tasks or activities that an individual in a specific job does






18. Is a specific scientific way of categorizing exactly what skills and tasks a specific job requires






19. Comparing each employee to every other employee






20. specific kind of behavioral system displays illustrations of positive incidents of job performance for various job dimensions






21. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






22. Physiology - safety - security - belongingness self esteem - self actualization


23. Ideal traits for a position






24. Technique of job analysis that was developed by Harvey as a worker oriented job analysis instrument designed to have applicability to a broad range of exempt and non exempt jobs 41 questions +62 _80 _ 53 - 47






25. Allows the employees to express their feelings about the appraisal and vent any feelings






26. Comparing each employee to every other employee in a particular area






27. Criteria - economic considerations-technical considerations - time and space-skill requirements-machinery - industrial relations






28. A specific kind of behavioral system requires job incumbents and their supervisors to identify performance incidents on the job behaviors and behavioral outcomes






29. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






30. Represents unintentional discrimination






31. When an employee is taught information - asked questions - and reviews the answers with the trainer






32. Are written statements that describe the duties - responsibilities - most important contributions and outcomes - required qualifications of candidates and reporting relationship and coworkers






33. Based on the concept of the organization as an open system with the primary work group as a subsystem of the total organization






34. the minimal qualifications required for a particular job are referred to as...






35. Based on the notion that individuals sometimes have a drive to reach a clearly defined end state






36. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales






37. The primary concerns of industrial psychology is which the basic relations in industry between worker and machine






38. Is devised in respect to recruitment -employee development-motivation and engagement






39. Is knowledge and the affective domain contains feelings and attitudes






40. Often lead to reduced productivity - layoffs have indirect and direct costs






41. Personnel evaluation method seeking the measurement of employee work effictiveness






42. Is a test validation method that determines if a test measure traits or constructs that are import to the performance of a job






43. Happen in the performance evaluation process when the rater evaluates the employee based on the raters negative or positive opinion of the employee






44. Is a questionnaire technique of job analysis used to collect information from incumbents and supervisors - 151 job tasks rated in terms of importance






45. Rating employees on a list of traits or job requirements






46. Is a method of job analysis to observe and record behavior






47. A person's knowledge skills - abilities and other characteristics






48. Background noise






49. Technique of job analysis that was developed by the Employement and Training Administration of the US






50. Represents unintentional employment discrimination