CH 1 Test
spurious correlation
A correlation observed between two variables that are not actually related
HR specialist
A person who fulfills an HR specialist function attends to all aspects of one specific HRM function
organizational culture
Assumptions shared by organization members, which affect their actions, thoughts, and perceptions
cohesive, people-oriented
Clan cultures have ______ characteristics.
more accidents and errors in their work
Compared to engaged employees, disengaged employees have ______.
A(n) ______ is someone who serves as a consultant to management on HR-related issues.
HR business partner
While ______ function where they attend to all aspects of one specific HRM function, ______ function where they oversee multiple HR functions.
HR specialists; HR genarlist
biases
HRM systems can help to overcome ______ that can be inherent in organizational decisions.
knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics
Human capital refers to KSAOs, which stands for ______.
adhocracy
In a(n) ______ culture, employees focus on creating and emphasize being entrepreneurial, flexible, taking risks, and being creative.
Hawthorne effect
The alteration of one's behavior to fit what you think is wanted of you, as a result of the knowledge of being studied or observed
Human Resource Management
The collection of decisions and actions involved with managing workers throughout the employee life cycle to maximize employee and organization effectiveness in attaining goals is ______.
attraction-selection-attrition
The letters in the A-S-A framework stand for ______.
gig
The prevalence of temporary employment positions and individuals employed as independent workers rather than actual employees of an organization describes a ______ economy.
culture
The shared, "taken-for-granted" assumptions that members of an organization have that affect the way they act, think, and perceive their environment is called ______.
collaboration, creating, controlling, and competing
What are the four types of values in the Competing Values Framework?
gig
When a worker is hired to work on a single project or task on demand, the job is called a ______.
anchoring
When making decisions, Halle has a tendency to rely too much on the first piece of information she is given. It appears Halle is guilty of ______ bias.
Overconfidence
When making decisions, Mikaela seeks confirmation of her own beliefs and expectations. It is likely that Micaela is guilty of ______ bias.
velocity and variety
Which is representative of big data?
market
______ cultures are characterized by competition and value being aggressive, competitive, and customer-oriented.
availability bias
______ is the tendency to rely more on information that is readily available to us and thus we discount alternative information.
Which concept refers to a measurement of the quality of an organization's practices in comparison with peer organizations using similar metrics?
benchmarking
A cluster of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) necessary to be effective at one's job is called a ______.
competency
When an HRM employee's work spans multiple HR functions, that HRM employee is likely a(n) HR ______.
genralist
clan
in which type of culture is there collaboration among group members in an environment where people feel a strong sense of cohesion and feel empowered as employees and team players?
When an HRM employee attends to all aspects of one specific HRM function such as recruitment, compensation, or training, that HRM employee is likely a(n) HR ______.
specialist
magnitude
the size of a relationship
a system of principles that oversees how business operate, how decisions are made, and how people are treated
which describes business ethics?
everyone within an organization
who is involved in HRM?
