HR MGMT: Exam 1 (NDSU, Stevens) Questions with correct Answers
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HR MGMT: Exam 1 (NDSU, Stevens) Questions with correct Answers
HR Management (definition)
the function performed in organizations that facilitate the most effective use of people (employees) to achieve organizational and individual goals
How was HR viewed in the past? (Personnel mgmt)
not...
HR MGMT: Exam 1 (NDSU, Stevens)
Questions with correct Answers
HR Management (definition) - answer the function performed in organizations that
facilitate the most effective use of people (employees) to achieve organizational and
individual goals
How was HR viewed in the past? (Personnel mgmt) - answer not important, clerical
work
How is HR viewed now? - answer - employees are a key asset to a company
- managing an important resource to the company
When did HR start? - HR History - answer 1st Century A.D. - in effasis,turkey.
- musicians in one city found out that musicians in a different city were being paid more
How did the industrial revolution impact HR? - negative side effects - answer Negs:
- monotonous boring jobs
- Poor bargaining positions: the employees were easy to replace because they were
only trained in one thing
- dangerous jobs
- low pay
- children were exploited
What is the scientific management movement? Who is the founding father? - answer
finding the one best way to complete a job,
Frederick Taylor
What did Taylor study in the creation of the scientific mgmt movement? - answer
Shoveling Steel
What were the Hawthorne Studies trying to do? Who was it led by? - answer - trying
to figure out the one best working conditions.
- Led by Elton Mayo
What did they do during the Hawthorne Studies? - answer - control group vs
experimental group
- in the experimental group of working women, they removed them from their typical
manufacturing line and put the on a new line. On the new line, mayo changed the
supervisory arrangement and the workers were given special privileges (like being able
to talk to one another, go to the bathroom, etc)
, What were the results of the Hawthorne Studies? - answer - Productivity increases
over the period of the study regardless of how the factors were manipulated
1. the women found working in the test room enjoyable (job satisfaction)
2. the supervisory arrangement allowed the employees to work freely with out fear
3. subjects became friendlier as a group
What was concluded from the Hawthorne studies? - answer human factors within the
organization can significantly influence production
What was the main idea behind the HR Movement?
Which 3 areas were created from the HR movement? - answer - when working with
external and internal environmental factors, HR is more successful (& vice versa)
Which 3 areas were created from the HR movement? - answer 1. organizational
behavior
2. industrial organizational psychology
3. HR Mgmt
What is EEO and what is the goal? - answer - Equal Employment Opportunity
- employment of individuals in a fair and non biased manner
Equal Pay Act of 1963 - answer - equal pay for equal work
- applies to pay and benefits
- employers cannot lower the pay of the higher paid sex, the pay of the lower paid sex
must be raised
What can pay differences be based on, according to the equal pay act of 1963? -
answer - seniority
- merit
- incentive plans
What is the main point of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that we looked at? - answer
Title VII
What does Title VII (CRA '64) say? - answer 1. employers may not discriminate on
the basis of race, sex, color, religion, or national origin in regard to employment
practices
2. employers may not discriminate in apprenticeship programs
3. may not discriminate against employees who opposed past unlawful employment
practices or involved in Title VII investigations
4. prohibits employment advertisement from indicating a preference UNLESS there is a
Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)
Who does Title VII apply to? - answer - all private employers with 15 or more
employees for more than 20 weeks per year
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