WGU D351 FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FINAL PAPER 2026
◉ Extrinsic rewards. Answer: Valued returns (such as incentive pay
for performance) to the individual in exchange for doing something
that the organization desires of the employee
◉ Feedback. Answer: Information provided by the receiver that
verifies that a message was transmitted successfully
◉ Fitness-for-duty test. Answer: A test identifying whether or not an
employee is physically capable at a particular point in time of
performing a specific type of work
◉ Formalization. Answer: Degree to which jobs are standardized
within an organization, meaning the degree to which we have
created policies, procedures, and rules that "program" the jobs of the
employees
◉ Four-Fifths Rule. Answer: A test used by various federal courts,
the Department of Labor, and the EEOC to determine whether
disparate impact exists in an employment test
,◉ Free Consent. Answer: The right of the individual to know what
they're being asked to do and the possible and probable
consequences of that action to the individual or others.
◉ Glass ceiling. Answer: An invisible barrier to advancement in
business to women as well as minority employees
◉ Golden parachutes. Answer: Provision for executives who are
dismissed from a merged or acquired firm of typically large lump-
sum payments on dismissal
◉ Graphic rating scale form. Answer: A performance appraisal
checklist form on which a manager simply rates performance on a
continuum, such as excellent, good, average, fair, and poor
◉ Grievance. Answer: A formal complaint concerning pay, working
conditions, or violation of some other factor in a collective-
bargaining agreement
◉ Gross negligence. Answer: A serious failure to exercise care in the
work environment
◉ Group incentives. Answer: Incentives that provide reinforcement
for actions of more than one individual within the organization
,◉ High-deductible health plan (HDHP). Answer: A "major medical"
insurance plan that protects against catastrophic health care costs
and, in most cases, is paid for by the employer
◉ High-performance work practices. Answer: Practices that have
been shown to improve an organization's capacity to effectively
attract, select, hire, develop, and retain high-performing personnel
◉ HMO. Answer: A health care plan that provides both health
maintenance services and medical care as part of the plan
◉ Hostile work environment. Answer: Harassment that occurs when
someone's behavior at work creates an environment that is sexual in
nature and that makes it difficult for someone of a particular sex to
work in that environment
◉ HR forecasting. Answer: Identifying the estimated supply and
demand for the different types of human resources in the
organization over some future period, based on analysis of past and
present demand
◉ HSA. Answer: A plan allowing the employer and employee to fund
a medical savings account from which the employee can pay medical
expenses each year with pretax dollars
, ◉ Human resource management systems (HRMS). Answer:
Interacting database systems that aim at generating and delivering
HR information and that allow us to automate some human resource
management functions
◉ Human resources (HR). Answer: The people within an
organization
◉ Illegal discrimination. Answer: The act of making distinctions that
harm people and that are based on those people's membership in a
protected class
◉ Individual incentives. Answer: Incentives that reinforce
performance of a single person with a reward that is significant to
that person
◉ Innovation. Answer: The act of creating useful processes or
products based on creative thought
◉ Interest test. Answer: A test measuring a person's intellectual
curiosity and motivation in a particular field
◉ Internal recruiting. Answer: Filling job openings with current
employees or people the employees know
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FINAL PAPER 2026
◉ Extrinsic rewards. Answer: Valued returns (such as incentive pay
for performance) to the individual in exchange for doing something
that the organization desires of the employee
◉ Feedback. Answer: Information provided by the receiver that
verifies that a message was transmitted successfully
◉ Fitness-for-duty test. Answer: A test identifying whether or not an
employee is physically capable at a particular point in time of
performing a specific type of work
◉ Formalization. Answer: Degree to which jobs are standardized
within an organization, meaning the degree to which we have
created policies, procedures, and rules that "program" the jobs of the
employees
◉ Four-Fifths Rule. Answer: A test used by various federal courts,
the Department of Labor, and the EEOC to determine whether
disparate impact exists in an employment test
,◉ Free Consent. Answer: The right of the individual to know what
they're being asked to do and the possible and probable
consequences of that action to the individual or others.
◉ Glass ceiling. Answer: An invisible barrier to advancement in
business to women as well as minority employees
◉ Golden parachutes. Answer: Provision for executives who are
dismissed from a merged or acquired firm of typically large lump-
sum payments on dismissal
◉ Graphic rating scale form. Answer: A performance appraisal
checklist form on which a manager simply rates performance on a
continuum, such as excellent, good, average, fair, and poor
◉ Grievance. Answer: A formal complaint concerning pay, working
conditions, or violation of some other factor in a collective-
bargaining agreement
◉ Gross negligence. Answer: A serious failure to exercise care in the
work environment
◉ Group incentives. Answer: Incentives that provide reinforcement
for actions of more than one individual within the organization
,◉ High-deductible health plan (HDHP). Answer: A "major medical"
insurance plan that protects against catastrophic health care costs
and, in most cases, is paid for by the employer
◉ High-performance work practices. Answer: Practices that have
been shown to improve an organization's capacity to effectively
attract, select, hire, develop, and retain high-performing personnel
◉ HMO. Answer: A health care plan that provides both health
maintenance services and medical care as part of the plan
◉ Hostile work environment. Answer: Harassment that occurs when
someone's behavior at work creates an environment that is sexual in
nature and that makes it difficult for someone of a particular sex to
work in that environment
◉ HR forecasting. Answer: Identifying the estimated supply and
demand for the different types of human resources in the
organization over some future period, based on analysis of past and
present demand
◉ HSA. Answer: A plan allowing the employer and employee to fund
a medical savings account from which the employee can pay medical
expenses each year with pretax dollars
, ◉ Human resource management systems (HRMS). Answer:
Interacting database systems that aim at generating and delivering
HR information and that allow us to automate some human resource
management functions
◉ Human resources (HR). Answer: The people within an
organization
◉ Illegal discrimination. Answer: The act of making distinctions that
harm people and that are based on those people's membership in a
protected class
◉ Individual incentives. Answer: Incentives that reinforce
performance of a single person with a reward that is significant to
that person
◉ Innovation. Answer: The act of creating useful processes or
products based on creative thought
◉ Interest test. Answer: A test measuring a person's intellectual
curiosity and motivation in a particular field
◉ Internal recruiting. Answer: Filling job openings with current
employees or people the employees know
