Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

incompatible 134 indentures
specialises in running training courses
for the employees of a particular company
only, and which is usually specially
adapted to the company’s needs.
public training programme (NOTE:
See also public training programmes)
incompatible /InkəmptIb(ə)l/
adjective not able to live or work together
Her views and those of the department
manager were incompatible.
The manager’s paternalistic approach
was incompatible with the company’s
more democratic approach.
incompetence /InkɒmpIt(ə)ns/
noun the fact of being unable to do a job
well The clerk was fired for gross incompetence.
Much of the sales team’s
incompetence is due to lack of training.
incompetent /InkɒmpIt(ə)nt/ adjective
unable to work effectively The
sales manager is incompetent. The
company has an incompetent sales
director.
incorrect /Inkərekt/ adjective
wrong The minutes of the meeting
were incorrect and had to be changed.
incorrectly /Inkərektli/ adverb
wrongly The package was incorrectly
addressed.
increase noun /Inkris/ 1. an act of
becoming larger There have been several
increases in tax or tax increases in
the last few years. There is an automatic
5% increase in price or price increase
on January 1st. Profits showed
a 10% increase or an increase of 10%
on last year. increase in the cost of
living a rise in the annual cost of living
2. a higher salary increase in pay or
pay increase The government hopes
to hold salary increases to 3%. she
had two increases last year her salary
went up twice verb /Inkris/ 1. to
grow bigger or higher Profits have increased
faster than the increase in the
rate of inflation. Exports to Africa
have increased by more than 25%.
The price of oil has increased twice in
the past week. to increase in price to
cost more to increase in size or in
value to become larger or more valuable
2. the company increased her salary
to £20,000 the company gave her a rise
in salary to £20,000
‘…turnover has the potential to be increased to
over 1 million dollars with energetic
management and very little capital’
[Australian Financial Review]
‘…competition is steadily increasing and could
affect profit margins as the company tries to
retain its market share’ [Citizen (Ottawa)]
increment /IŋkrImənt/ noun a regular
automatic increase in salary an annual
increment salary which rises in
annual increments of £1000 each year
the salary is increased by £1000
incremental /IŋkrIment(ə)l/ adjective
which rises automatically in stages
incremental
increase
/IŋkrIment(ə)l Inkris/ noun an increase
in salary according to an agreed
annual increment
incremental salary scale
/IŋkrIment(ə)l sləri skeIl/ noun a
salary scale with regular annual salary
increases
incremental scale /IŋkrIment(ə)l
skeIl/ noun a salary scale with regular
annual salary increases
incumbent /Inkmbənt/ noun a
person currently filling a position
incur /Ink/ verb to make yourself
liable to to incur the risk of a
penalty to make it possible that you risk
paying a penalty
‘…the company blames fiercely competitive
market conditions in Europe for a £14m
operating loss last year, incurred despite a
record turnover’ [Financial Times]
indecision /IndIsIʒ(ə)n/ noun the
fact of not being able to decide The
employees protested to the management
about the indecision over relocation.
indecisive /IndIsaIsIv/ adjective
not able to make up one’s mind or to decide
on something important He is too
indecisive to be a good manager.
indecisiveness /IndIsaIsIvnəs/
noun the quality of being indecisive
indenture /Indentʃə/ verb to contract
with an apprentice who will work
for some years to learn a trade He was
indentured to a builder.
indentures /Indentʃəz/ plural noun
a contract by which an apprentice works
for a master for some years to learn a
trade