MGT 434 - Final Prep

Question 1

The burden of proof rest on who based on the Civil Rights Act of 1991, once prima facie disparate impact is established?

Accepted Answer

Employer/Defendant

Question 2

An assessment is a tool to collect information on an employee&#x27;s behaviors, communication, or skills to give feedback

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True

Question 3

Which legislation mandates affirmative action in the employment of individuals with disabilities?

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Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Question 4

First step in a progressive disciplinary process

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Unofficial Verbal Warning

Question 5

Meeting to ensure performance is evaluated consistently across managers to reduce rating errors and appraisal politics

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Calibration meeting

Question 6

Theory that a response followed by a reward is more likely to recur in the future

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Reinforcement Theory

Question 7

An example of using performance management for administrative purposes

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Use to determine pay, termination, layoff or recognition

Question 8

Transfer of training is influenced by the opportunity to use learned capabilities and be supported by managers and peers

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True

Question 9

Practice of using an outside organization to provide a service to save money and/or time

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Outsourcing

Question 10

Gives employees a series of different job assignments in various functional areas within the company

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Job rotation

Question 11

The pay program that affects the composition of the workforce (type of employees attracted & retained)

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Sorting Effect

Question 12

A barrier that prevents advancement which adversely affects women and minorities

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Glass ceiling

Question 13

Expatriate is

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From one country and work in another

Question 14

Stretch assignments provide experiences to bridge gaps where current skills and past experience may mismatch

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True

Question 15

Employer program that provide services to employees with drug dependency, psychological problems, etc.

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Employee Assistance

Question 16

Performance measure requiring rater to compare an individuals performance with others.

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Comparative Approach

Question 17

The goal is to motivate employees to improve the team or company level efficiency.

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Productivity Measurements and Evaluation Systems (ProMES)

Question 18

According to John Dunlop, an effective industrial relations system provides a “web of rules” to help resolve conflict

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True

Question 19

This shows

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Steps and Responsibilities in theDevelopment Planning Process

Question 20

Steps in Performance Management Process except

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Change management

Question 21

Which of the following amendments is called the equal protection clause?

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Fourteenth Amendment

Question 22

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employer retaliation

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True

Question 23

Means for managers to ensure employee performance is congruent to org goals

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Performance Management

Question 24

Involuntary turnover is

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Initiated by employer

Question 25

Employees unable to change situation may remove themselves through low involvement & commitment

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Psychological withdrawal

Question 26

Which training and development area is less likely to be a focus for an Expatriate?

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Technology Advancements

Question 27

Prevents employers from discriminating based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 28

These are job withdrawal behaviors, except

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Employee engagement

Question 29

Once a union has been certified, the parties to the contract cannot bar an outside party from holding an election for

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more than 3 years

Question 30

Over half of all the unfair labor practice charges are filed against employers who

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refuse to bargain

Question 31

Transnational HR System Characteristics include these, except

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Transgression

Question 32

This is a written plan of action steps intended to reduce underutilization of protected groups

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Affirmative Action Plan

Question 33

Which agency enforces diversity, inclusion, and equity of individuals in a workplace

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Equal Employment Commission

Question 34

Which pay for performance method can be combined with another to improve performance dimensions?

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Merit Pay

Question 35

Quid Pro Quo is

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Harassment based on sexual favors

Question 36

Executive Order 11478 requires the federal government to

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Base employment policies on merit and fitness

Question 37

Toyota is headquartered in Japan and has an expatriate working in Germany, where they were born and currently live

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Host Country National

Question 38

Systematic approach to developing training programs

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Training design process

Question 39

Multiple raters that reviews employee performance on exercises (i.e., put in leaderless group)

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Assessment centers

Question 40

What is this graphic explaining?

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5 Criteria of Performance Measures

Question 41

Strength of the relationship between pay and performance is?

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Incentive Intensity

Question 42

Tests disparate impact, if the hiring rate for a minority group is less than 80 percent of the majority group.

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Four Fifths Rule

Question 43

Hofstede identified four dimensions on which various cultures could be classified or characterized

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False

Question 44

John made a mistake 8months ago. During John's appraisal today, his manager focused on this. This is an example of

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Horns Rating Error

Question 45

This shows what approach to performance management

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Balance Scorecard Approach

Question 46

This graphic is a depiction of what?

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Process for HR Strategy

Question 47

For procedural fairness, which determinant of interactional justice requires justification of the decision

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explanation

Question 48

OSHA provision that requires safe work conditions

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General Duty Clause

Question 49

The NLRB (National Labor Board) is a quasi-judicial body

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True

Question 50

Hofstede&#x27;s cultural dimension, the "masculinity-femininity dimension" describes

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the division of roles between the sexes within a society

Question 51

Force distribution systematically identify low performers which can result in terminations by grouping and categorizing

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True

Question 52

Which is not a typical rater error

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Cause and Effect

Question 53

Voluntary Turnover can cause

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the loss of valued employees to competition

Question 54

Analysis methodology to determine specific elements that led to past accidents

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Technic of Operations Review

Question 55

Landrum-Griffin is an addition to Taft-Hartley to further regulate unions&#x27; financial disclosure and conduct of elections

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True

Question 56

Process to identify high-potential employees to fill high level positions

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Succession Planning

Question 57

Under which of the following acts is a union shop illegal?

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Taft-Hartley Act

Question 58

Move to a different job but same pay

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Lateral move

Question 59

When knowledge, skills and behaviors are acquired by employees to meet changes in job requirements

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Development

Question 60

MBA Program is an example of

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Formal training/development

Question 61

Training and Development is not necessary for an Expatriate to be successful in a global market

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False

Question 62

Factors that affect HRM in international markets except

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Socialism

Question 63

Statistical quality control technique to identify redundancies in procedures that increase manufacturing or service time

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process-flow analyses

Question 64

Absence of a contract allowing both employer and employee to sever the relationship at any time

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At will doctrine

MGT 434 - Final Prep

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MGT 434 - Final Prep

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