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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Rating employees as a group from best to worst on a particular area






2. Contains hands on skills






3. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






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






5. Paying new hires at a lower rate






6. Hygiene factors -created by Frederick Herzberg






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






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






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






10. Comparing each employee to every other employee






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






12. Represents unintentional discrimination






13. the identification of team and or individual strengths and weakness is most accurately reflective of which process?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. For a few predetermined key jobs - points are allotted and wage rates for such key jobs are fixed






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






23. Purpose of job evaluation






24. Background noise






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






26. Matching ratings with employee behavior






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






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






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






30. Self determination theory






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






32. 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






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






34. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






35. The ideal requirements of a job or person






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






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






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






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






40. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






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






42. Age discrimination






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






44. 30 percent of employees require what?






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






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






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






48. Paid per piece completed instead of per hour






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






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