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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Capitalistic philosophy holding that business owners were entitled to complete control over employees






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Background noise






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






8. 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






9. Intrinsic / extrinsic motivation

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






11. Job evaluation designed for managers






12. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






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






21. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






22. Stocks go into a trust






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Comparing each employee to every other employee






30. 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






31. Self determination theory






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






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






34. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






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






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






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






39. Hygiene factors -created by Frederick Herzberg






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






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






42. How essential job tasks are related to the job






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






44. Matches rating with employee behavior






45. Purpose of job evaluation






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






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






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






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

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