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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.
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1. Written essay; Critical incident; Graphic rating scale; BARS (Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale); Multiperson comparison; MBO; 360-degree appraisal
Realistic job preview (RJP)
Human resource planning
Performance appraisal methods
Recruiting sources
2. Application form; Written tests; Performance-simulation tests; Interviews; Background investigations; Physical examinations
Work councils
Board representatives
Selection tools
Affirmative action
3. A pay system that rewards employees for the job skills they can demonstrate
Variable pay
Selection
Recruiting sources
Skill-based pay
4. Locating - identifying - and attracting capable applicants
High-performance work practices
Family-friendly benefits
Selection
Recruitment
5. On-the-job; Job rotation; Mentoring and coaching; Experiential exercises; Workbooks/manuals; Classroom lectures
Job specification
Types of training
Performance management system
Traditional training methods
6. Benefits that accommodate employees' needs for work-life balance
Family-friendly benefits
Performance appraisal methods
HRM process
Affirmative action
7. 1. Human resource planning; 2. Recruitment/Decruitment; 3. Selection; 4. Orientation; 5. Training; 6. Performance management; 7. Compensation and benefits; 8. Career management
Orientation
Labor union
Affirmative action
HRM process
8. 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
Family-friendly benefits
Traditional training methods
Work councils
9. A written statement that describes a job
Skill-based pay
Job description
Work councils
Types of training
10. Employees who sit on a company's board of directors and represent the interests of the firm's employees
Board representatives
Recruitment
Types of training
Labor union
11. Screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired
Orientation
Realistic job preview (RJP)
Human resource planning
Selection
12. Introducing a new employee to his or her job and the organization
Decruitment options
Decruitment
Orientation
HRM process
13. Establishes performance standards that are used to evaluate employee performance
Recruiting sources
Performance management system
Job analysis
Labor union
14. A pay system in which an individual's compensation is contingent on performance
Work councils
Human resource planning
Selection
Variable pay
15. Firing; Layoffs; Attrition; Transfers; Reduced workweeks; Early retirements; Job sharing
Decruitment options
Recruiting sources
Board representatives
Variable pay
16. An assessment that defines jobs and the behaviors necessary to perform them
Labor union
Downsizing
Job analysis
Board representatives
17. A preview of a job that provides both positive and negative information about the job and the company
Recruitment
Realistic job preview (RJP)
Orientation
Types of training
18. The planned elimination of jobs in an organization
Job description
Downsizing
Family-friendly benefits
Types of training
19. CD-ROM/DVD/videotapes/audiotapes/podcasts; Videoconferencing/teleconferencing/satellite TV; E-learning
Skill-based pay
Sexual harassment
High-performance work practices
Technology-based training methods
20. Any unwanted action or activity of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment - performance - or work environment
Variable pay
Work councils
Affirmative action
Sexual harassment
21. Groups of nominated or elected employees who must be consulted when management makes decisions involving personnel
Technology-based training methods
Work councils
Orientation
Family-friendly benefits
22. Internet; Employee referrals; Company web site; College recruiting; Professional recruiting organizations
Realistic job preview (RJP)
Recruiting sources
Family-friendly benefits
Decruitment
23. Organizational programs that enhance the status of members of protected groups
Job analysis
Sexual harassment
Affirmative action
Types of training
24. Work practices that lead to both high individual and high organizational performance
Variable pay
Board representatives
High-performance work practices
Job specification
25. An organization that represents workers and seeks to protect their interests through collective bargaining
Types of training
Variable pay
Board representatives
Labor union
26. Reducing an organization's workforce
Decruitment
Selection
Recruiting sources
HRM process
27. A written statement of the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to perform a given job successfully
Job specification
Affirmative action
Performance management system
Types of training
28. General; Specific
Types of training
Selection tools
Recruitment
Sexual harassment