PHR (Questions with verified solutions)2023/2024

PHRCash Balance Plan - correct answer Increases and decreases do not effect the employee, Employer assumes Risk, Lump Sum or Lifetime, Tax Deferred Patterned Bargening - correct answer Union uses a K negotiated w/ 1 employer as a negotiating tool with others Coalition Bargaining - correct answer when more than one employer negotiates with the union; also known as multiple employer bargaining Total Quality Management - correct answer (TQM) is an approach to quality that aims to involve all employees in the quality improvement process Mcclelland Theory - correct answer Need for Achievement Need for Affiliation Need for Power Blake Mouton Theory - correct answer concern for people vs. concern production (task). Blake-Mouton's theory suggests that the most effective leaders are equally concerned with people and production to the maximum degree. Hersey-Blanchard's theory espouses situational leadership, which requires a leader to change leadership styles based on a situation. To Covey, leadership deals with vision and the ability to keep the organization's mission in sight while producing results. McClelland focuses on the characteristics of people with high needs for achievement, therefore defining what type of person might become a leader. Penn State Police vs. Sudurers - correct answer Absence of an intangible employemnt action, the ellerth/faragth aff. constructive discarge City of Richmond Vs. - correct answer Rigid numericle quota system Circuit City Stores Vs. - correct answer Disputes settled by Arbitration Washington Vs Davis - correct answer Due Process Clause, when a test procedure is challenged the intent to discriminatte must be establihed Amer Dental Assoc - correct answer Availibilty of punitive damages depends on Motive Clara county trasprtation Vs - correct answer County was justified for giving women jobs who scored 2 pooints less Johnson Controls Vs - correct answer Welfare of future children must be left up to parents Waffle house vs - correct answer Even if there is a mandatory arbitration agmt the Civil Rights Agency can still sue Mississippi Vs - correct answer dispirate impact Burlington Vs - correct answer Supervisor harassment that results in employment action American Airlines Vs. - correct answer "real" employment offer, ADA Duke Power vs - correct answer Adverse Impacy Green vs - correct answer Established critera for disparate impact Sundowner - correct answer Same gender harassment is actionalble United Airlines Vs - correct answer Person may not have a disability if controlled by medication Construct Validity - correct answer Extent to which a selection device measures the theoretical construct or trait (e.g., intelligence or mechanical comprehension). Content Validity - correct answer the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest (such as a driving test that samples driving tasks). Delphi Technique - correct answer Forecasting technique that progressively collects information from a group without physically assembling the contributors. Predictive Validity - correct answer The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior. Simple Linear Regression - correct answer projection of future demand based on a past relationship; involves a single variable Trend Analysis - correct answer constructing and applying statistical models that predict labor demand for the next year, given relatively objective statistics from the previous year Workforce Analysis - correct answer List of job titles ranked from lowest-to highest-paid within an organizational unit. Yield Ratios - correct answer Ratios that can help quantify recruitment efforts. Chosen Officer - correct answer Chosen by an employee from a group of individuals. Allows employee to feel some control over their futures Landrum Griffin Act - correct answer Act that protects the rights of union members from corrupt or discriminatory labor unions; also known as Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) ADDIE Model - correct answer Five-step instructional design process that governs the development of human resource development programs. Hersey Blanchard - correct answer Situational leadership-leaders should modify their style according to the readiness of constituants. Covey theory - correct answer Vision and mission in sight Strategic Planning - correct answer The managerial process of creating and maintaining a fit between the organization's objectives and resources and the evolving market opportunities Money Purchase Plan - correct answer Plans in which employers make mandatory payments (a fixed percentage of an eligible employee's compensation) to a retirement plan Cash Balance Plan - correct answer Form of defined benefit plan that defines the promised benefit in terms of a hypothetical account balance and features benefit portability. Gantt - correct answer Project planning tool that graphically displays activities of a project in sequential order and plots them against time Pert chart - correct answer a graphical network model that depicts a project's tasks and the relationships between those tasks