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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 a competency model of individual






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






3. Ideal traits for a position






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






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






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






7. Paid per piece completed instead of per hour






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






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






10. Job evaluation designed for managers






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






12. Background noise






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






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






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






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






17. Age discrimination






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Scientific analysis of your handwriting






26. Hygiene factors -created by Frederick Herzberg






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






29. Matching ratings with employee behavior






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Purpose of job evaluation






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Method of job analysis used to identify work behaviors that classify in good and poor performance






42. Contains hands on skills






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






44. The ideal requirements of a job or person






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






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


47. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






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






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






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