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






2. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






3. Background noise






4. Includes both monetary and non-monetary rewards






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






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






7. A specific kind of behavioral system is based on the critical incident technique and these scales are developed in the same fashion with one exception






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Represents intentional discrimination






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






16. Scientific analysis of your handwriting






17. Represents unintentional discrimination






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






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






20. Matches rating with employee behavior






21. Ideal traits for a position






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






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






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






25. Paid per piece completed instead of per hour






26. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






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






28. Paying new hires at a lower rate






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






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






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






32. Matching ratings with employee behavior






33. Purpose of job evaluation






34. Is a competency model of individual






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






36. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






37. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






38. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales






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






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






41. Stocks go into a trust






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






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






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






45. Job evaluation designed for managers






46. How essential job tasks are related to the job






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






48. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






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