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