Final:Ch 9,10,13,14 Flashcards

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What are some examples of Financial Compensation?

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Employee recognition programs, rewarding jobs, organizational support, work environment, and flexible work hours

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What is Pay for Performance standard?

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The standard by which managers tie compensation to employee effort and performance

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What are some types of Pay for Performance?

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Merit-based pay, bonuses, salary commissions, job and pay banding, team/group incentives, and gainsharing programs

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4
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What is the Expectancy Theory?

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A theory of motivation that holds that employees should exert greater work effort if they have reason to expect that it will result in a reward that they value

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5
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What is Equity Theory?

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A motivation theory that explains how people respond to situations in which they feel they have received less (or more) than they deserve

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6
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What are different ways to pay workers?

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Hourly work, Piecework, Salary workers

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7
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What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)?

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Interstate commerce clause used to cover workers except agricultural and exempted (managerial) employees, child labor (under 16) is prohibited

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8
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What are a few things employers consider when setting salary rates?

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Skill level, local labor market, cost of living, competition

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9
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What is a Job Evaluation System?

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A systematic process of determining the relative worth of jobs in order to establish which jobs should be paid more than others within an organization

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What are some methods of the Job Evaluation System?

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Job Ranking System, Job Classification System, Point System, Work Valuation, and Hay profile method

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Job Ranking System

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The simplest and oldest system of job evaluation by which jobs are arrayed on the basis of their relative worth

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Job Classification System

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A system of job evaluation in which jobs are classified and grouped according to a series of predetermined wage grades

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Point System

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A quantitative job evaluation procedure that determines the relative value of a job by the total points assigned to it

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Work Valuation

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A job evaluation system that seeks to measure a job’s worth through its value to the organization

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Hay Profile Method

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A job evaluation technique using three factors-knowledge, mental activity, and accountability-to evaluate executive and managerial positions

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16
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Where can we find the average wage rate?

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By comparing the wage to the local, regional, or national rate

17
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What does the Equal Pay Act discriminate against?

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Gender

18
Q

Why do organizations have incentive plans?

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They establish a performance threshold that employees must achieve to qualify

19
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What are some different ways that sales people are paid?

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Straight Salary, Straight Commission, Salary and Commission Combinations

20
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Straight Salary

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Salespeople are paid for performing various duties that are not reflected immediately in their sales volume

21
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Straight Commission

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Compensation based on the percentage of sales

22
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Combined Salary and Commission

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A plan that includes a straight salary and a commission component “leverage”

23
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What are long term incentive plans?

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24
Q

What is employment at will?

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A company can fire you at anytime for no particular reason; on the other hand the employee can quit at any time

25
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Exceptions of employment at will

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Discrimination, Wrongful discharge, Can’t violate labor laws, if they are in the union it is very hard to remove them, fear of firing

26
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Retaliation Discharge

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An employer cannot retaliate against an employee who is exercising their right under the law. This includes Title 7, Age discrimination, Americans with Disabilities, etc.

27
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How do the courts view privacy?

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They really don’t care

28
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Why is there concern about workplace romance?

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Supervisor-subordinate relationships are a particular concern.