TRUE/FALSE
Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source of value to their organizations.
False. Managers and economists traditionally have seen HR as a necessary expense rather than as a source of value to their organizations.
The most frequent uses of assessment are to identify employees with managerial potential to measure current managers' strengths and weaknesses.
TRUE. The most frequent uses of assessment are to identify employees with managerial potential to measure current managers' strengths and weaknesses.
Title VII is a part of which Act, put into law in 1964?
The Civil Rights Act
What is the term for the combination of pay and benefits employees receive in return for their work?
Compensation Package
A _______ is refusing to work as a form of protest or to be demand better conditions
Strike
Establishing and administering personnel policies allows a company to handle problematic situations more fairly and objectively than if it addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
TRUE. Organizations depend on their HR department to help establish policies related to hiring, discipline, promotions, and benefits. Establishing and administering personnel policies allows the company to handle problematic situations more fairly and objectively than if it addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
When employees in an organization have reason to believe that the management is overlooking their needs and interests, they are likely to respond by collectively forming...
LABOR UNION
What does USERRA stand for?
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act?
True or False: Salaries employees receive overtime payment
FALSE
A host country is a country, other than the parent country, in which an organization operates a facility.
TRUE: A host country is a country, other than the parent country, in which an organization operates a facility. The parent country is the country in which the organization's headquarters is located.
The members of Generation X are characterized by their comfort with the latest technology, and the need to be noticed, respected, and involved.
FALSE. Generation X (1965–1980) tend to be pragmatic and cynical, and they have well-developed self-management skills. Those born from 1981 to 1995, Millennials comfortable with the latest technology, and they want to be noticed, respected, and involved.
The step in the career management process in which employees receive information about their skills and knowledge and where these assets fit into the organization's plans is called...
Feedback
What are ASL, interpretation, remote work, a late start examples of?
An Accommodation
A payment that is a percentage of sales revenue is known as?
Commission
Labor unions fight for these three things...
Compensation, Benefits, and Working Conditions
The most widespread methods for eliminating labor shortages are reducing work hours and endorsing early retirement programs.
FALSE. The most widespread methods for eliminating a labor shortage are hiring temporary and contract workers.
A primary HR role in the company is to create self-rating, job-related questionnaires for the employees. Which HR practice is being performed?
Performance Management. The activities of performance management include specifying the tasks and outcomes of a job that contribute to the organization's success. The HR department may be responsible for developing or obtaining devices for measuring performance.
The organization that oversees a set of guidelines and procedures that help prevent accidents and injuries in the workplace.
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
True or False: Some employee benefits are required by law
TRUE: Healthcare
What factors have been associated with the decline in union membership?
Higher regulation in such areas as workplace safety and equal employment opportunity
Joining a union, whether recognized by the employer or not, is an activity protected under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
TRUE. Joining a union, whether recognized by the employer or not, is an activity protected under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
If peer review does not lead to a compromise, a neutral party from outside the organization hears the case and tries to help the people involved resolve the conflict and compromise. This process is called __________.
mediation.
Give an example is disparate treatment considered legal?
Only females cleaning a women's restroom. Disparate treatment occurs when an employer treats employees differently based on protected characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or disability.
What are 3 types of optional employee benefits?
Retirement, PTO, holidays, stock, education reimbursement, commission, etc.
Strikes are illegal in most states for which class of workers?
Federal and state workers