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Human Resource Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Self determination theory






2. Is used to describe manual and repetitive production jobs






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. Stocks go into a trust






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






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






7. How essential job tasks are related to the job






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






9. Intrinsic / extrinsic motivation


10. Contains hands on skills






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






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






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






14. Uses a 5-10 vertical scales






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






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






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






18. Scientific analysis of your handwriting






19. 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






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






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






22. Ideal traits for a position






23. Direct observation - work methods - critical incident technique






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






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


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






27. Age discrimination






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






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






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






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






32. Gainshareing - incentives for employee suggestions






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






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






35. Job evaluation designed for managers






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Includes both monetary and non-monetary rewards






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






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






46. Purpose of job evaluation






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






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






49. Represents unintentional discrimination






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