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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. Includes both monetary and non-monetary rewards






2. Path that describes both vertical and horizontal moves






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Background noise






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






12. Relies on critical incidents






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






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






15. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






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






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






18. Age discrimination






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Intrinsic / extrinsic motivation






24. Represents intentional discrimination






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales






33. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Purpose of job evaluation






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






45. Represents unintentional employment discrimination






46. Based on employee's depth of knowledge






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






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






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






50. 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