HRIR 3021 UMN EXAM 1 REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
The labor market - Answer-is aging and becoming more racially and ethnically diverse,
with women in constituting roughly half of the total
Employee empowerment - Answer-giving employees responsibility and authority to
make decisions regarding all aspects of product development or customer service
Employee empowerment organization - Answer-holds employees accountable for
products and services and in exchange, the employees share in the rewards (or losses)
that result
Job design - Answer-gives employees latitiude for decision making
Selection decision - Answer-should provide employees who have the necessary
decision-making and interpersonal skills
empowered employees - Answer-feedback and rewards must be appropriate for the
work of ...
Cost control - Answer-may focus on a specific issue, such as managing health benefits,
or on support for aa strategic move such as downsizing, reengineering or outsourcing
internet applications - Answer-include searching for talent globally, using online job
postings, screening candidates online, providing career related information on the
organizations website and delivering training online
Union Membership - Answer-has been declining, which is consistently with the idea of
taking personal responsibility for ones career
Psychological contract - Answer-what employees and employers expect from the
eemployment relationship, including unspoken expectations that are widely held
Traditional version of employment relationship - Answer-organization expected their
employees to contribute time, effort, skills, abilities, and loyalty in exchange for job
security and opportunities for promotions
Modern organizations - Answer-needs are constantly changing, so organizations require
top performance and longer work hours but cannot provide job security. Instead
employees seek flexible work schedules, comfortable working conditions, greater
autonomy, opportunities for training and development and performance related financial
incentives
, Legislative branch - Answer-develops laws such as those governing equal employment
opportunity and worker safety and health
Executive branch - Answer-establishes agencies such as the equal employment
opportunity communication and occupational safety and health administration to enforce
the laws by publishing regulations, filing lawsuits, and performing other activities.
Judicial branch - Answer-hears cases related to employment law and interprets the law
Civil rights act of 1866 and 1871 - Answer-grants all persons equal property rights.
contract rights, and the right to sue in federal court if they have been deprived of civil
rights
The equal pay act of 1963 - Answer-requires equal pay for men and women who are
doing work that is equal in terms of skill effort responsibility and working conditions
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answer-prohibits employment discrimination on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
The age discrimination of employment act (ADEA) - Answer-prohibits employment
discrimination agains persons older than 40
The vocation rehabilitation act of 1973 - Answer-requires that federal contractors
engage in affirmative action in the employment of persons with disabilities
The pregnancy discrimination act of 1978 - Answer-Treats discrimination based on
pregnancy-related conditions as illegal sex discrimination
The Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (ADA) - Answer-requires reasonable
accommodations for qualified workers with disabilities
Human Resources is concerned with - Answer-the modern day management of people
(compensation, training, recruitment, section, teamwork and safety)
Recruitment - Answer-is getting people in the door
Selection - Answer-is the selection of people once recruited
Employee screening - Answer-1500-2000 BC China
The modern concern with managing workers comes from the industrial revolution -
Answer-1800-1910
During the industrial revolution - Answer-Managers believed that workers were
replaceable, wanted to avoid work, would take advantage, and needed to be controlled
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
The labor market - Answer-is aging and becoming more racially and ethnically diverse,
with women in constituting roughly half of the total
Employee empowerment - Answer-giving employees responsibility and authority to
make decisions regarding all aspects of product development or customer service
Employee empowerment organization - Answer-holds employees accountable for
products and services and in exchange, the employees share in the rewards (or losses)
that result
Job design - Answer-gives employees latitiude for decision making
Selection decision - Answer-should provide employees who have the necessary
decision-making and interpersonal skills
empowered employees - Answer-feedback and rewards must be appropriate for the
work of ...
Cost control - Answer-may focus on a specific issue, such as managing health benefits,
or on support for aa strategic move such as downsizing, reengineering or outsourcing
internet applications - Answer-include searching for talent globally, using online job
postings, screening candidates online, providing career related information on the
organizations website and delivering training online
Union Membership - Answer-has been declining, which is consistently with the idea of
taking personal responsibility for ones career
Psychological contract - Answer-what employees and employers expect from the
eemployment relationship, including unspoken expectations that are widely held
Traditional version of employment relationship - Answer-organization expected their
employees to contribute time, effort, skills, abilities, and loyalty in exchange for job
security and opportunities for promotions
Modern organizations - Answer-needs are constantly changing, so organizations require
top performance and longer work hours but cannot provide job security. Instead
employees seek flexible work schedules, comfortable working conditions, greater
autonomy, opportunities for training and development and performance related financial
incentives
, Legislative branch - Answer-develops laws such as those governing equal employment
opportunity and worker safety and health
Executive branch - Answer-establishes agencies such as the equal employment
opportunity communication and occupational safety and health administration to enforce
the laws by publishing regulations, filing lawsuits, and performing other activities.
Judicial branch - Answer-hears cases related to employment law and interprets the law
Civil rights act of 1866 and 1871 - Answer-grants all persons equal property rights.
contract rights, and the right to sue in federal court if they have been deprived of civil
rights
The equal pay act of 1963 - Answer-requires equal pay for men and women who are
doing work that is equal in terms of skill effort responsibility and working conditions
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answer-prohibits employment discrimination on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
The age discrimination of employment act (ADEA) - Answer-prohibits employment
discrimination agains persons older than 40
The vocation rehabilitation act of 1973 - Answer-requires that federal contractors
engage in affirmative action in the employment of persons with disabilities
The pregnancy discrimination act of 1978 - Answer-Treats discrimination based on
pregnancy-related conditions as illegal sex discrimination
The Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (ADA) - Answer-requires reasonable
accommodations for qualified workers with disabilities
Human Resources is concerned with - Answer-the modern day management of people
(compensation, training, recruitment, section, teamwork and safety)
Recruitment - Answer-is getting people in the door
Selection - Answer-is the selection of people once recruited
Employee screening - Answer-1500-2000 BC China
The modern concern with managing workers comes from the industrial revolution -
Answer-1800-1910
During the industrial revolution - Answer-Managers believed that workers were
replaceable, wanted to avoid work, would take advantage, and needed to be controlled
