Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

flexilagger 107 forecast
flexilagger /fleksilɡə/ noun a
company or organisation that puts too
little emphasis on flexibility in its employment
practices (slang)
flexileader /fleksilidə/ noun a
company or organisation that puts a
great deal of emphasis on flexibility in
its employment practices (slang)
flexitime /fleksitaIm/ noun a system
where employees can start or stop work
at different hours of the morning or evening,
provided that they work a certain
number of hours per day or week We
work flexitime. The company introduced
flexitime working two years ago.
Flexitime should mean that employees
work when they feel most productive.
Same as flexible working hours
(NOTE: American English also uses
flextime)
flight risk /flaIt rIsk/ noun an employee
who may be planning to leave a
company in the near future (slang)
flipchart /flIptʃɑt/ noun a way of
showing information to a group of people
by writing on large sheets of paper
which can then be turned over to show
the next sheet
floor /flɔ/ noun 1. the part of the room
which you walk on 2. all the rooms on
one level in a building Her office is on
the 26th floor. (NOTE: In Britain the floor
at street level is the ground floor, but
in the USA it is the first floor. Each
floor in the USA is one number higher
than the same floor in Britain.) 3. a bottom
limit The government will impose
a floor on wages to protect the low-paid.
(NOTE: the opposite is ceiling)
floorwalker /flɔwɔkə/ noun an employee
of a department store who advises
customers, and supervises the shop
assistants in a department
floppy disk /flɒpi dIsk/ noun a
small disk for storing information
through a computer
flow /fləυ/ noun a movement the
flow of capital into a country the flow
of investments into Japan verb to
move smoothly Production is now
flowing normally after the strike.
flow chart /fləυtʃɑt/, flow diagram
/fləυ daIəɡrm/ noun a chart which
shows the arrangement of work processes
in a series
flowcharting /fləυtʃɑtIŋ/ noun
setting out the arrangement of work processes
in the form of a chart
flow diagram /fləυ daIəɡrm/
noun same as flow chart
fluidity /fluIdIti/ noun ease of movement
or change
flying picket /flaIIŋ pIkIt/ noun a
picket who travels round the country to
try to stop workers going to work
FMS abbr flexible manufacturing
system
follow up /fɒləυ p/ verb to examine
something further I’ll follow up your
idea of targeting our address list with a
special mailing. to follow up an initiative
to take action once someone else
has decided to do something
forbid /fəbId/ verb to tell someone
not to do something or to say that something
must not be done Smoking is
forbidden in our offices. The contract
forbids resale of the goods to the USA.
Staff are forbidden to speak directly
to the press. (NOTE: forbidding – forbade
– forbidden)
force /fɔs/ noun 1. strength to be in
force to be operating or working The
rules have been in force since 1986. to
come into force to start to operate or
work The new regulations will come
into force on January 1st. 2. a group of
people verb to make someone do
something Competition has forced the
company to lower its prices. After the
takeover several of the managers were
forced to take early retirement.
forced distribution method
/fɔst dIstrIbjuʃ(ə)n meθəd/ noun
a performance appraisal technique
where certain percentages of workers
are put in various categories in advance
forecast /fɔkɑst/ noun a description
or calculation of what will probably
happen in the future The chairman did
not believe the sales director’s forecast
of higher turnover. verb to calculate
or to say what will probably happen in
the future She is forecasting sales of
£2m. Economists have forecast a fall