Human Resource Management Test 1 – Foundations of
HRM & Management (Ch. 1–3, Dessler)|Questions
Complete with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated
2026
Organization
People with formally assigned roles who work together to achieve the organization's goals
Manager
The person responsible for accomplishing the organization's goals
Management Process
The five basic functions of planning organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling
Human Resource Management
The process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and of attending
to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns
Authority
The right to make decisions, direct others work, and give orders
Line Authority
the authority exerted by an HR manager by directing the activities of the people in his or her
own department and in service areas (like the plant cafeteria)
Staff Authority
gives the manager the right to advise other managers or employees
Line manage
A manager who is authorized to direct the work of subordinates and is responsible for
accomplishing the organization's tasks
Staff Manager
A manager who assists and advises line managers
Functional Authority
, The authority exerted by an HR manager as coordinator of personnel activities
Globalization
The tendency of firms to extend their sales, ownership, and/or manufacturing to new markets
abroad
Human Capital
The knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm's workers
Strategic Human Resource Management
Formulating and executing human resource policies and practices that produce the employee
competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic arms
Talent Management
The goal-oriented and integrated process of planning, recruiting, developing, managing, and
compensating employees
Ethics
The standards someone uses to decide what his or her conduct should be
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Acts
The section of the act that say s and employer cannot discriminate on the basis or race, color
religion, sex, or national origin with respect to employment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The commission, created by Title VII, empowered to investigate job discrimination complaints
and sue on behalf of complaints
Affirmative Action
Steps that are taken for the purpose of eliminating the present effects of past discrimination
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
This office is responsible for implementing the executive orders and ensuring compliance of
federal contractors
Equal Pay Act of 1963
The act requiring equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex.
Age Discrimination In Employment Act of 1967
HRM & Management (Ch. 1–3, Dessler)|Questions
Complete with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated
2026
Organization
People with formally assigned roles who work together to achieve the organization's goals
Manager
The person responsible for accomplishing the organization's goals
Management Process
The five basic functions of planning organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling
Human Resource Management
The process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and of attending
to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns
Authority
The right to make decisions, direct others work, and give orders
Line Authority
the authority exerted by an HR manager by directing the activities of the people in his or her
own department and in service areas (like the plant cafeteria)
Staff Authority
gives the manager the right to advise other managers or employees
Line manage
A manager who is authorized to direct the work of subordinates and is responsible for
accomplishing the organization's tasks
Staff Manager
A manager who assists and advises line managers
Functional Authority
, The authority exerted by an HR manager as coordinator of personnel activities
Globalization
The tendency of firms to extend their sales, ownership, and/or manufacturing to new markets
abroad
Human Capital
The knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm's workers
Strategic Human Resource Management
Formulating and executing human resource policies and practices that produce the employee
competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic arms
Talent Management
The goal-oriented and integrated process of planning, recruiting, developing, managing, and
compensating employees
Ethics
The standards someone uses to decide what his or her conduct should be
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Acts
The section of the act that say s and employer cannot discriminate on the basis or race, color
religion, sex, or national origin with respect to employment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The commission, created by Title VII, empowered to investigate job discrimination complaints
and sue on behalf of complaints
Affirmative Action
Steps that are taken for the purpose of eliminating the present effects of past discrimination
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
This office is responsible for implementing the executive orders and ensuring compliance of
federal contractors
Equal Pay Act of 1963
The act requiring equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex.
Age Discrimination In Employment Act of 1967
