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






2. Matches rating with employee behavior






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






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






5. Age discrimination






6. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Self determination theory






13. Hires the best regardless of what country the employees come from






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






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






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






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






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






19. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






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






21. Requires the rater to use persuasion to change the employees behavior






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






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






24. Paying new hires at a lower rate






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






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






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






28. Questionaire technique of job analysis -developed by McCormick-Jeanneret and Mecham






29. Ideal traits for a position






30. Scientific analysis of your handwriting






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






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






33. Consider the needs - build an applicant pool - evaluate the applicants - hire and train






34. 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






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






36. Relies on critical incidents






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






38. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






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






41. Categorizing exactly what skills and tasks a specific job requires






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






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






44. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






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






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






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


48. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales






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


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