Human Resource Development Flashcards
Act that prohibits discrimination in employment for persons over age 40 and over.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Act that prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of his/her disability.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Level of learning characterized by understanding information to the level of being able to break it down and explain how it fits together.
Analysis
Study of how adults learn
Andragogy
Level of learning characterized by ability to use learned information in a new situation.
Application
Relates to technical skills training; often a partnership between employers and union.
Apprenticeship
Ability to learn information or acquire a skill
Aptitude
Type of e-learning in which participants access information at different times and in different places.
Asynchronous learning
People who learn best by relying oh their sense of hearing.
Auditory learners
Occurs when an appraiser’s values, beliefs, or prejudices distort performance ratings.
Bias
Planned approach to learning that includes a combination of methods such as classroom, e-learning, self-paced study, and performance support such as job aids or coaching.
Blended learning
Process by which individuals progress through a series of stages in their careers, each of which is characterized by relatively unique issues, themes, and tasks.
Career development
Preparing, implementing, and monitoring employees’ career paths, with a primary focus on the goals of the organization.
Career management
Actions and activities that individuals perform in order to give direction to their work life.
Career planning
Diagram that maps out a list of factors that are though to affect a problem or a desired outcome.
Cause-and-effect diagram
Error that occurs when an appraiser rates all employees within a narrow rage, regardless of difference in actual performance.
Central tendency error
Simple visual tools used to collect and analyze data.
Check sheet
Set of behaviors encompassing skills, knowledge, abilities, and personal attributes that are critical to successful work accomplishment.
Competencies
Level of learning characterized by ability to translate or interpret information.
Comprehension
Error that occurs when an employee’s rating is based on how his or her performance compares to that of another employee rather than objective standards.
Contrast standard
Chart that illustrates variations from normal in a situation over time.
Control chart
Form of protection provided by the U.S. government to authors of “original works” to exclude others form printing or otherwise duplicating, distributing, or vending copies of their literary, artistic, and other creative expressions.
Copyright
Act that defines the protection provided to authors of “original works” to exclude others from printing or otherwise duplicating, distributing, or vending copies of their literary, artistic, and other creative expressions, including through the various means of technology.
Copyright Act
Skills knowledge, and abilities that employees must possess in order to successfully perform job functions that are essential to business operations.
Core competencies