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Management 101: HRM
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business-skills
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Application form; Written tests; Performance-simulation tests; Interviews; Background investigations; Physical examinations
Job description
Technology-based training methods
Selection tools
Recruiting sources
2. Firing; Layoffs; Attrition; Transfers; Reduced workweeks; Early retirements; Job sharing
Recruiting sources
Decruitment options
Job description
Selection tools
3. Internet; Employee referrals; Company web site; College recruiting; Professional recruiting organizations
Labor union
Decruitment options
Recruiting sources
Human resource planning
4. Work practices that lead to both high individual and high organizational performance
High-performance work practices
Traditional training methods
Selection tools
Decruitment options
5. A pay system in which an individual's compensation is contingent on performance
Variable pay
Orientation
Human resource planning
Job analysis
6. Screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired
Work councils
Job specification
Selection
Human resource planning
7. A pay system that rewards employees for the job skills they can demonstrate
Work councils
Performance management system
Skill-based pay
Realistic job preview (RJP)
8. Any unwanted action or activity of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment - performance - or work environment
Recruitment
Sexual harassment
Orientation
Labor union
9. Benefits that accommodate employees' needs for work-life balance
Family-friendly benefits
Variable pay
HRM process
Performance management system
10. Written essay; Critical incident; Graphic rating scale; BARS (Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale); Multiperson comparison; MBO; 360-degree appraisal
Board representatives
Variable pay
Selection
Performance appraisal methods
11. The planned elimination of jobs in an organization
Technology-based training methods
Family-friendly benefits
Performance management system
Downsizing
12. Employees who sit on a company's board of directors and represent the interests of the firm's employees
Types of training
Board representatives
Selection tools
High-performance work practices
13. A method of planning to ensure that the organization has the right number and kinds of capable people in the right places and at the right times
Human resource planning
Sexual harassment
Performance management system
Orientation
14. 1. Human resource planning; 2. Recruitment/Decruitment; 3. Selection; 4. Orientation; 5. Training; 6. Performance management; 7. Compensation and benefits; 8. Career management
HRM process
Types of training
Job description
Orientation
15. Introducing a new employee to his or her job and the organization
Traditional training methods
Selection
Labor union
Orientation
16. A preview of a job that provides both positive and negative information about the job and the company
Realistic job preview (RJP)
Decruitment
Performance management system
Selection
17. A written statement that describes a job
Performance management system
Job analysis
Performance appraisal methods
Job description
18. Organizational programs that enhance the status of members of protected groups
Recruiting sources
Selection
Affirmative action
Selection tools
19. Reducing an organization's workforce
Labor union
Selection
Variable pay
Decruitment
20. On-the-job; Job rotation; Mentoring and coaching; Experiential exercises; Workbooks/manuals; Classroom lectures
Downsizing
Recruitment
Traditional training methods
Affirmative action
21. An organization that represents workers and seeks to protect their interests through collective bargaining
Selection
Labor union
Sexual harassment
Board representatives
22. General; Specific
Skill-based pay
Job description
Types of training
Performance management system
23. Establishes performance standards that are used to evaluate employee performance
Family-friendly benefits
Orientation
Traditional training methods
Performance management system
24. Groups of nominated or elected employees who must be consulted when management makes decisions involving personnel
Affirmative action
Work councils
Decruitment options
Performance appraisal methods
25. A written statement of the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to perform a given job successfully
Job specification
Decruitment
Work councils
Orientation
26. An assessment that defines jobs and the behaviors necessary to perform them
Labor union
Human resource planning
Sexual harassment
Job analysis
27. CD-ROM/DVD/videotapes/audiotapes/podcasts; Videoconferencing/teleconferencing/satellite TV; E-learning
Downsizing
Selection
Skill-based pay
Technology-based training methods
28. Locating - identifying - and attracting capable applicants
Sexual harassment
Selection
Recruitment
Technology-based training methods