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| An organization's financial resources determine the level of compensation it is able to pay its employees. |
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Accounting is the organiational function concerned with recording financial transactions, paying bills, collecting revenue from customers, and producing financial statements. |
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David McClelland's acquired needs theory states that people are motivated by experiences acquired throughout their lives. Overall, humans are motivated to excel in achievements, affiliation, or power. |
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| Actual Deferral Percentage (ADP) Test |
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ERISA requires and ADP test to ensure that highly compensated employees (HCEs) do not receive greater benefits from a 401(k) plan than those received by other employees. |
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Learning experiences focused on the learner, known as active training methods, include such methods as case studies, computer-based training (CBT), and programmed instruction. |
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An ad hoc arbitrator is a person selected to hear a single case between two parties in conflict. |
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ADDIE is an acronym that describes the five elements of the instructional design process:
Analysis
Design
Development
Implementation
Evaluation |
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| Administrative Services Only (ASO) Plan |
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| An ASO plan is a benefit plan utilized by some self-funded organizations. These organizations contract with an insurance company to manage and pay claims. |
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| An adverse impact is any negative result of an employee action. |
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| Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) |
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| An AAP analyzes a workforce to determine whether protected classes are underutilized in different job groups and describes how an organization will address any underutilization that exists. |
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| An agency shop clause in a labor contract species that all employees must either join the union or pay union dues if they choose not to join the union. |
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| If an employer whose workers are on strike asks a neutral employer to produce the work that would normally be performed by the striking workers, the ally doctrine states that the neutral emploer becomes an ally of the struck employer and is therefore a legitimate target of a picket line. |
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| When two businesses have interrelated operations, central control of labor relations, common management, and common ownership, they are considered alter ego employers, and the NLRB may determine that employees of the alter ego employer are a part of the bargaining unit. |
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) |
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| ADR covers a range of methods used to solve disagreements without litigation. These alternatives are often able to resolve problems with less animosity than occurs when a lawsuit is filed, and at far less cost to the parties. |
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| Andragogy, the study of how adults learn, iseducation in which the learner participates in decisions about what will be taught and how it will be delivered. |
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| Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) |
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| An applicant tracking system is an automated approach for keeping track of job applicants from the receipt of an application or resume to final disposition. |
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| One of the three learning styles, auditory learners retain information best when they hear it. |
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| Authoritarian leaders tell people what to do and can be effective in emergencies or when productivity is the organization's primary concern. |
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| Authorization cards are the means by which the NLRB determines that there is sufficient support for a union to hold an election. The NLRB will hold an election if 30 percent of the eligible employees in the anticipated bargaining unit sign the authorization cards. |
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| Average bias is characterized by a group of candidates (in a selection process) or employees (in a performance management process) who are all rated about the same because the interviewer has difficulty which one is best. |
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| A balance sheet provides a snapshot of an organization's financial condition on a specific day, unsually the last day of the accounting period. Information on the balance sheet includes the company's assets, liabilities, and equity. |
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| A balanced scorecard is a business measurement tool utilized by managers to track unformation in ofur key areas: financial results, customer results, key internal processes, and how people are hired and trained to achieve organizational goals. |
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| Base pay is the preset salary or hourly rate paid to an employee for performaning the job responsibilities. |
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