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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. Background noise






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






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






4. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






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






6. Is a competency model of individual






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






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






9. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






10. Scientific analysis of your handwriting






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Paying new hires at a lower rate






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






19. Contains hands on skills






20. Relies on critical incidents






21. Stocks go into a trust






22. Ideal traits for a position






23. Job evaluation designed for managers






24. The ideal requirements of a job or person






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






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






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






28. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






40. 30 percent of employees require what?






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






42. Self determination theory






43. 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






44. Hygiene factors -created by Frederick Herzberg






45. 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






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






47. Represents unintentional discrimination






48. 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






49. Age discrimination






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