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