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






2. 30 percent of employees require what?






3. Is the procedure that allows current employees of an organization to apply for a posted job opening when they have the qualifications for the job






4. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






5. Includes both monetary and non-monetary rewards






6. Represents intentional discrimination






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






8. Matching ratings with employee behavior






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






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






11. Is used to take the employee qualifications discovered in the job analysis and group them in terms of knowledge






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






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






14. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






15. Relies on critical incidents






16. Uses host country national for all positions - polycentric staffing






17. Regulates power between labor and management - prohibits management from using unfair labor practices like discouraging union membership






18. Job evaluation designed for managers






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






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






21. How essential job tasks are related to the job






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






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






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






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






26. An intermediary between an employee and management who helps achieve justice in claims of unfair treatment






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






28. Contains hands on skills






29. Hygiene factors -created by Frederick Herzberg






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






31. Capitalistic philosophy holding that business owners were entitled to complete control over employees






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






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






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






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






36. Grades are defined by the requirements found to be common to sereral tasks spanning different departments






37. Stocks go into a trust






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






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






40. The ideal requirements of a job or person






41. Represents unintentional discrimination






42. Method is one of the simplest jobs are compared to each other based on the overall worth of the job






43. Is a formal and systematic approach to analyzing jobs and categorizing them in regard to their relative worth in an organization - compensation factors






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






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






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






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






48. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






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






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