What is the final step in the training and development process
100
Forecasting
The attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of HR to predict areas within the organization where there will be shortages or surpluses
100
GTB General Apititude Test Battery
What is the best-known aptitude test
100
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Federal law requiring organizations with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave after childbirth or adoption; to care for a seriously ill family; or for an employee's own serious illness
200
Recruitment
What is an activity seeking potential candidates for actual or anticipated organizational vacancies is representative of
200
a request for proposal (RFP)?
Organizations send this document to HR software vendors to solicit bids
200
Downsizing
What is the planned elimination of large numbers of personnel with the goal of enhancing the organization's competiveness
200
"Big Five" traits
Five major personality dimensions that include: extroversion, adjustment, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and inquisitiveness is often called the
200
Workers Compensation
Laws which help workers with the expenses resulting from job-related accidents and illnesses. These laws operate under a principle of no-fault liability, meaning that an employee does not need to show that the employer was grossly negligent in order to receive compensation, and the employer is protected from lawsuits
300
Medicare
What is a benefit that pays medical expenses of employees over the age of 65
300
A whitleblower
What is the act of disclosing illegal or immoral workplace practices to authorities
300
Outsourcing
What is a contracting with another organization to perform a broad set of services
300
Situational Interview
A structured interview in which the interviewer describes a situation likely to arise on the job, then asks the candidate what he or she would do in that situation.
300
Cafeteria Style Plan
A benefits plan that offers employees a set of alternatives from which they can choose the types and amounts of benefits they want : cafeteria style, library style, shopping style
400
An assessment center
What is a set of simulated tasks or exercises that are used to determine managerial potential of employees
400
Performance
According to expectancy theory, to motivate employees, pay should be based on this.
400
Realistic Job Preview
Background information about a job's positive and negative qualities. Can help organizations minimize turnover.
400
35
A recent study found that ___ percent of U.S. organizations use personality tests when selecting personnel. 25, 35, or 55
400
EWP: employee wellness program
What is a set of communications, activities, and facilities designed to change health-related behaviors in ways that reduce health risks
500
Seniority
When an organization wishes to maintain an experienced workforce, they base their pay system on this?
500
KSAO's
What is a list of knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics that an individual must have to perform a particular job is shortened to
500
True
True or False: HR planning consists of three stages: Forecasting, goal setting and strategic planning, and program implementation and evaluation.
500
8
____ out of 10 large companies conduct criminal background checks: 5, 8, 9
500
True
Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Workers Compensation, Unpaid Family and Medical Leave are all benefits required by law