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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Is a formal and systematic approach to analyzing jobs and categorizing them in regard to their relative worth in an organization - compensation factors






2. Compensation programs that are tied to increases in productivity and profits






3. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






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






5. Theory posits that there are three groups of core needs - existence relatedness and growth


6. Indicates that exceptions can result in the achievement of self-fulfilling prohecies






7. Ideal traits for a position






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






9. Method of job analysis used to identify work behaviors that classify in good and poor performance






10. Paid per piece completed instead of per hour






11. Rates employees as a group from best to worst on a particular area






12. For a few predetermined key jobs - points are allotted and wage rates for such key jobs are fixed






13. A questionnaire technique of job analysis - computer administered for job analysis - developed by Saville and Holdsoworth






14. A set of compensable factors are identified as determining the worth of jobs






15. 30 percent of employees require what?






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






17. Is when a union's right revoked as the exclusive bargaining agent for workers






18. Intrinsic / extrinsic motivation


19. An applicant is tested - hired then evaluated by their current supervisor






20. Rating employees as a group from best to worst on a particular area






21. A variation of simple ranking job evaluation plans orders all jobs from lowest to highest based on coparing the worth of each job






22. Job evaluation designed for managers






23. Supports the integration of human resources planning with business planning






24. A systematic assessment of job content - it establishes the worth of a job in terms of salary or wage compared to other jobs






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






26. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






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


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






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






30. Describes work such as advertising that is done for a client without a contract or job order






31. Background noise






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






33. Based on the Hegelian principle of achieving oneness of Mind through a three step process of thesis antithesis and synthesis - originally as a way to obtain the opinion of experts without necessarily bringing them together face to face






34. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






36. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






37. Contains hands on skills






38. Scientific analysis of your handwriting






39. Ethics can be legislated - Procurement Integrity Act and the Corporate and Auditing Accountability Responsibility and transparency act are examples






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






41. Ranking - factor comparison the classification and the point method






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






43. Is a competency model of individual






44. Determining performance based on a written example of past behavior and future plans






45. Keeping a record of an employees positive or negative behavior






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






47. Stocks go into a trust






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






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






50. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales