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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. The ideal requirements of a job or person






10. Contains hands on skills






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






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






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






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






15. Purpose of job evaluation






16. Represents unintentional discrimination






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






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






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






20. Represents intentional discrimination






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






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






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






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






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






26. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






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






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






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






31. Paid per piece completed instead of per hour






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






33. Paying new hires at a lower rate






34. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






35. 30 percent of employees require what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Based on employee's depth of knowledge






43. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






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






45. How essential job tasks are related to the job






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






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






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






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






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