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