Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

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full employment 111 funds full employment /fυl ImplɔImənt/ noun a situation where all the people who can work have jobs full payment /fυl peImənt/ noun the paying of all money owed full pension /fυl penʃən/ noun the maximum pension allowed full rate /fυl reIt/ noun the full charge, with no reductions full-scale /fυl skeIl/ adjective complete or very thorough The MD ordered a full-scale review of credit terms. The HR department will start a full-scale review of the present pay structure. ‘…the administration launched a full-scale investigation into maintenance procedures’ [Fortune] full-time /fυl taIm/ adjective, adverb working all the normal working time, i.e. about eight hours a day, five days a week She’s in full-time work or She works full-time or She’s in full-time employment. He is one of our full-time staff. full-time employee /fυl taIm Im- plɔIi/, full-time worker /fυl taIm wkə/ noun an employee who works more than 16 hours per week for a company full-time employment /fυl taIm ImplɔImənt/ noun work for all of a working day to be in full-time employment full-time equivalent /fυl taIm I- kwIvələnt/ noun a notional employee earning the full-time wage, used as a comparison to part-time employees full-time job /fυl taIm dʒɒb/ noun a job that occupies all someone’s normal working hours full-timer /fυl taImə/ noun a person who works full-time fully /fυli/ adverb completely fully insured pension scheme a pension scheme where each contributor is insured to receive the full pension to which they are entitled ‘…issued and fully paid capital is $100 million’ [Hongkong Standard] function /fŋkʃən/ noun a duty or job verb to work The advertising campaign is functioning smoothly. The new management structure does not seem to be functioning very well. functional /fŋkʃən(ə)l/ adjective 1. which can function properly 2. referring to a job functional authority /fŋkʃən(ə)l ɔθɒrIti/ noun the authority which is associated with a job functional job analysis /fŋkʃən(ə)l dʒɒb ənləsIs/ noun an assessment of the specific requirements of a job Functional job analysis is used to identify what type of person should be appointed to fill the vacancy. functionary /fŋkʃənəri/ noun a civil servant (slightly derogatory) fund /fnd/ noun money set aside for a special purpose verb to provide money for a purpose The company does not have enough resources to fund its expansion programme. to fund a company to provide money for a company to operate ‘…the S&L funded all borrowers’ development costs, including accrued interest’ [Barrons] funded /fndId/ adjective backed by long-term loans long-term funded capital funded pension plan /fndId penʃən pln/, funded pension scheme /fndId penʃən skim/ noun a pension plan where money is set aside annually to fund employees’ pensions funding /fndIŋ/ noun money for spending The bank is providing the funding for the new product launch. funding rate /fndIŋ reIt/ noun the employer’s contributions to a pension fund shown as a percentage of the total pensionable salaries of the employees fund-raising /fnd reIzIŋ/ noun the process of trying to get money for a charity, etc. a fund-raising sale funds /fndz/ plural noun money which is available for spending The company has no funds to pay for the research programme. the company called for extra funds the company asked for more money to run out of funds to come to the end of the money available to convert funds to another purpose to use money for a wrong purpose to convert funds to your own
furlough 112 FYI use to use someone else’s money for yourself. ‘…small innovative companies have been hampered for lack of funds’ [Sunday Times] ‘…the company was set up with funds totalling NorKr 145m’ [Lloyd’s List] furlough /fləυ/ noun a period of unpaid leave or absence from work, especially for military personnel, government employees or expatriates Many employees resent being contacted by head office when on furlough. further education /fðər edjυ- keIʃ(ə)n/ noun education after ending full-time education in school FYI abbr for your information
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AA 1 acceptance bonus A AA /eI eI/
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accountability 3 accrue business wi
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active 5 additional award taining v
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administer 7 adventure training adm
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advisory arbitration 9 agency on ma
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air 11 alter must aim to double the
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ancillary staff 13 annuity ancillar
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application blank 15 appropriate ap
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argument 17 ascribed status directo
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associated company 19 attendance mo
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authoritarian 21 average ity to do
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ack 23 backshift B back /bk/ noun t
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allot box 25 bar chart pers at rand
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asic award 27 behavioural modelling
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enevolent 29 biological clock contr
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lue circle rate 31 bonus scheme rie
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ottom price 33 break point bottom p
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BS 35 bumping BS plural noun qualit
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usiness school 37 buyout business s
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call off 39 carbonless report for w
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carry /kri/ verb 1. to take from on
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CEO 43 chance CEO abbr chief execut
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chargehand 45 chilling effect havin
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claimant 47 clerical work measureme
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closing 49 cold closing /kləυzIŋ
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collective relations 51 common law
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company car 53 compatibility compan
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competitive exam 55 compromise Why
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concern 57 conference call concern
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constitutional strike /kɒnstItjuʃ
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Page 92 and 93: e. & o.e. 85 economic model E e. &
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Page 120 and 121: gain 113 general manager G gain /ɡ
Page 122 and 123: Girobank 115 going concern Sometime
Page 124 and 125: government pension 117 graph noun a
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Page 128 and 129: hack 121 handover H hack /hk/ noun
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MA 161 maintenance factors M MA abb
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management audit 163 manager accoun
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maximisation 167 mediation structur
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mental handicap 169 minimum mental
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money purchase pension scheme /mni
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multiple management 173 MYOB lectin
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nomination /nɒmIneIʃ(ə)n/ noun t
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normal working week 179 NVQ normal
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obstacle 181 odd jobs because new p
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official dispute 183 on She went t
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open ad 185 operation be at work T
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organ 187 orientation organ /ɔɡə
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over- /əυvə/ prefix more than s
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P11 191 paired comparisons P P11 /p
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part-owner 193 pay as you earn with
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payroll administration 195 pendulum
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performance-related pay 197 per pro
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personal property 199 physical pers
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place of birth 201 police record is
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press cutting agency 205 private cl
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procedural 207 productivity drive p
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profit-related pay 209 promotion pr
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provision 211 public limited compan
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quadruplicate 213 quantifiable Q qu
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ace 215 range R race /reIs/ noun a
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ationalise 217 reasonable rationali
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econsider 219 red tape ments agree
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egion 221 relations region /ridʒə
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enew 223 report renew /rInju/ verb
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esidence 225 respresentational righ
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etention 227 reward retention /rIte
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ole culture 229 run with sional eth
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salary cheque 231 sales representat
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Schedule A 233 secondary action ran
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security of employment 235 self-emp
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sequester 237 sex tempted to find o
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shift transfer 239 sick shift trans
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site 241 slack straIk/ noun a strik
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soft benefits 243 special leave stu
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staff outing 245 standby duty admin
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status symbol 247 stock level emplo
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subcontractor /sbkəntrktə/ noun a
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sum insured 251 suspend sum insured
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table 253 task T table /teIb(ə)l/
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tax-exempt 255 technological tax-ex
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tentative 257 tertiary industry to
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time clock 259 top an employee cloc
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trade fair 261 training represent t
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tribunal 263 typist staff for a sho
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undermanned 265 unemployment pay un
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unitarism 267 upgrade unitarism /ju
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vacancy 269 variance V vacancy /veI
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vicarious 271 voluntary difficult t
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wage 273 wage review W wage /weIdʒ
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watchdog body 275 well-qualified wa
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workaholic 277 working hours agreed
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work schedule 279 written permissio
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yakka 281 zipper clause Y Z yakka /
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Job Description Template Job Descri
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Invitation to Interview Template Mr
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Letter of Appointment Template Mr A
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Staff Record Form Template PERSONNE
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Letter of Dismissal Mr A. J. Smith
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Acknowledgement of Resignation Temp
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