HR Management Flashcards
What HR Process can be described as the process of confirming HR availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities?
Acquire Project Team
The _________ ________ ______ describes how human resource requirements will be met.
Staffing Management Plan
The project may consist of a ______ _______ which includes team members with a shared goal who fulfill their roles with little or no face-to-face interaction (using email, audio/video conferencing, web-meetings, etc.)
Virtual Team
What is the KEY Output of the Acquire Project Team (Execute) process?
Project Staff Assignments
To ensure that competent staff members are assigned to the project, the project managers can use _________.
Negotiation
All performance goals should be SMART - what does “SMART” stand for?
Specific Measurable Achievable/Attainable Relevant Time-Specific
What are the 5 Stages of Group Development?
Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
In Group Development what is Forming?
Team meets, learns their roles and responsibilities and agree on goals; individuality is at its highest during this phase.
In Group Development what is Storming?
Team starts working on the project; and may suffer from the “I am right” mentality.
In Group Development what is Norming?
Team members adjust their behavior to work as a team; learn to trust each other; ‘We an work together’ mentality.
in Group Development what is Performing?
The teams are able to function as an organized and interdependent unit as they find ways to get the job done smoothly and effectively.
In Group Development what is Adjourning?
Completing the task and moving on from the project as staff are released during project phase or closure.
In critical situations, the project manager may want to move the team to a ‘war room’ to discuss issues. What is this called?
Co-Location
In ______ ______ ________ we assess how the team is performing.
Team Performance Assessments
What are the five Conflict management Techniques?
Collaborate/Problem Solve Withdraw/Avoid Smooth/Accommodate Compromise/Reconcile Force/Direct
Emphasizing areas of agreement, rather than disagreement is which Conflict Management technique?
Smoothing, Forcing, Compromising, Withdrawal, Collaborating
Smoothing (also Accommodating or Lose-Yield)
Which Conflict Management technique is considered to have a Lose-Lose outcome?
Smoothing, Forcing, Compromising, Withdrawal, Collaborating
Compromising
Exerting your viewpoint at the expense of the viewpoints of others is which Conflict Management Technique?
Smoothing, Forcing, Compromising, Withdrawal, Collaborating
Forcing (also Win-Lose)
The conflict Management Technique that is also referred to as Lose-Leave is:
Smoothing, Forcing, Compromising, Withdrawal, Collaborating
Withdrawal (also Avoid)
The highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is called:
Self-Actualization
Conflict intensity is highest for which of the following:
Schedules, Priorities, Cost, Personality
Schedules
The theory in which management assumes that employees are inherently lazy is known as:
Theory X
If your company believes in “job for life”, it is an example of:
Ouchi’s Theory (Also known as Theory Z)
“Data expands to fill the space available for storage” is an exmaple of:
Parkinson’s Law
Dave is a good programmer, so his boss thinks he’ll be a good project manager. This is an example of:
The Halo Effect
