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Management 101: HRM
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Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Benefits that accommodate employees' needs for work-life balance
Family-friendly benefits
Job description
Sexual harassment
Performance appraisal methods
2. A written statement that describes a job
Job description
Types of training
Decruitment
Performance appraisal methods
3. An organization that represents workers and seeks to protect their interests through collective bargaining
Types of training
Labor union
Selection tools
Job analysis
4. Employees who sit on a company's board of directors and represent the interests of the firm's employees
Family-friendly benefits
Board representatives
Downsizing
Decruitment
5. An assessment that defines jobs and the behaviors necessary to perform them
Selection
Job analysis
Board representatives
Recruitment
6. Groups of nominated or elected employees who must be consulted when management makes decisions involving personnel
Recruitment
Skill-based pay
Sexual harassment
Work councils
7. A pay system in which an individual's compensation is contingent on performance
Labor union
Recruiting sources
Performance management system
Variable pay
8. A preview of a job that provides both positive and negative information about the job and the company
Realistic job preview (RJP)
Skill-based pay
Human resource planning
Performance management system
9. On-the-job; Job rotation; Mentoring and coaching; Experiential exercises; Workbooks/manuals; Classroom lectures
Affirmative action
Sexual harassment
Traditional training methods
Work councils
10. CD-ROM/DVD/videotapes/audiotapes/podcasts; Videoconferencing/teleconferencing/satellite TV; E-learning
Decruitment options
Technology-based training methods
Affirmative action
Recruitment
11. Organizational programs that enhance the status of members of protected groups
Affirmative action
HRM process
Family-friendly benefits
Selection tools
12. Firing; Layoffs; Attrition; Transfers; Reduced workweeks; Early retirements; Job sharing
Downsizing
Performance management system
Recruiting sources
Decruitment options
13. Internet; Employee referrals; Company web site; College recruiting; Professional recruiting organizations
Performance appraisal methods
Recruiting sources
Affirmative action
Board representatives
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
Selection tools
Work councils
Decruitment
15. The planned elimination of jobs in an organization
Selection tools
Downsizing
Variable pay
Human resource planning
16. Any unwanted action or activity of a sexual nature that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment - performance - or work environment
Job description
Sexual harassment
Human resource planning
HRM process
17. Establishes performance standards that are used to evaluate employee performance
Orientation
Performance management system
Labor union
Traditional training methods
18. A pay system that rewards employees for the job skills they can demonstrate
Skill-based pay
Labor union
Decruitment options
Decruitment
19. General; Specific
Types of training
Performance management system
Selection tools
Realistic job preview (RJP)
20. Introducing a new employee to his or her job and the organization
Decruitment options
Work councils
Orientation
Job analysis
21. Written essay; Critical incident; Graphic rating scale; BARS (Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale); Multiperson comparison; MBO; 360-degree appraisal
Job specification
Performance appraisal methods
Affirmative action
Selection tools
22. Application form; Written tests; Performance-simulation tests; Interviews; Background investigations; Physical examinations
Types of training
Labor union
Selection tools
Job analysis
23. A written statement of the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to perform a given job successfully
Job specification
Orientation
Human resource planning
Decruitment options
24. Reducing an organization's workforce
Job analysis
Family-friendly benefits
Decruitment
Job specification
25. 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
Orientation
Traditional training methods
Types of training
Human resource planning
26. Work practices that lead to both high individual and high organizational performance
Selection tools
Human resource planning
Downsizing
High-performance work practices
27. Screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired
Traditional training methods
Selection
Orientation
Job specification
28. Locating - identifying - and attracting capable applicants
Selection tools
Job specification
Recruitment
Decruitment options