HRMT 386 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Capacity to work - CORRECT ANSWER-Skills, knowledge,
capabilities, personality of each individual to work
capital - CORRECT ANSWER-assets that can enhance ones
power to perform economically useful work
capitalist economy - CORRECT ANSWER-an economic ...
Capacity to work - CORRECT ANSWER-Skills, knowledge,
capabilities, personality of each individual to work
capital - CORRECT ANSWER-assets that can enhance ones
power to perform economically useful work
capitalist economy - CORRECT ANSWER-an economic system
in which the market determines production, distribution, and
price decisions, and property is privately owned
employment relationship - CORRECT ANSWER-a contractual
relationship whereby an employer provides remuneration to an
employee in exchange for work or services
gender-based analysis (GBA) - CORRECT ANSWER-a policy,
program, initiative or service can be examined for it's impacts
on various groups of women and men
Human Resource Management - CORRECT ANSWER-the
process of determining human resource needs and then
recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating,
compensating, and scheduling employees to achieve
organizational goals
,labour - CORRECT ANSWER-workers performing a task that
creates a profit for an employer
labour market - CORRECT ANSWER-the availability and the
ability of workers to work and for employers to hire them
Labour process - CORRECT ANSWER-may be defined as the
social relations that people enter into when they are employed.
It also includes the work that they actually do and the
conditions under which it is done. Studying the labour process
has given rise to a distinct labour process perspective that
focuses on management as a struggle for control of the labour
process between employees and managers.
male norm - CORRECT ANSWER-jobs are usually designed
for men; mon-fri, 9-5
non-standard employment - CORRECT ANSWER-Employment
that falls outside of the more traditional working hours of 8 am
to 5 pm, Monday through Friday; part-time, evening, temp work,
contract, self-employed
Pluralism - CORRECT ANSWER-the theory that all interests
are and should be free to compete for influence in the
government; the outcome of this competition is compromise
and moderation
production - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of creating
goods and services
Profit imperative - CORRECT ANSWER-where a portion of net
profit of a business is distributed to its employees in proportion
to their wages and length of service
, remuneration - CORRECT ANSWER-payment for work done
social reproduction - CORRECT ANSWER-reproductive tasks
such as bearing, raising and educating children; maintains
households, cares for dependants so workers can go to work
unitarism - CORRECT ANSWER-assumes everyone in an
organization is a member of a team with a common purpose
wage gap - CORRECT ANSWER-The average difference
between a man's and a woman's remuneration.
Wage-Effort Bargain - CORRECT ANSWER-when the
employee will pay or reward an employee based on the work
effort of the employee
wage rate bargain - CORRECT ANSWER-when employees
and employers disagree over the distribution of profit
Bona Fide Occupational Requirement - CORRECT ANSWER-a
justifiable reason for discrimination based on business reasons
of safety or effectiveness
common law - CORRECT ANSWER-The body of law
developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S.
courts, not attributable to a legislature.
common law contract of employment - CORRECT ANSWER-
the body of case law where courts interpret employment
contracts and legal principles taken guide the interpretation of
employment contracts
contract - CORRECT ANSWER-a written or spoken agreement,
especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that
is intended to be enforceable by law.
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