Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

internal audit 143 Internet
internal audit /Intn(ə)l ɔdIt/
noun an audit carried out by a department
inside the company
internal audit department /In-
tn(ə)l ɔdIt dIpɑtmənt/ noun
a department of a company which
examines the internal accounting controls
of that company She is the
manager of the internal audit
department.
internal auditor /Intn(ə)l ɔdItə/
noun a member of staff who audits a
company’s accounts
internal communication /In-
tn(ə)l kəmjunIkeIʃ(ə)n/ noun
communication between employees or
departments of the same organisation
(NOTE: Internal communication can
take various forms such as team briefings,
interviewing, employee or works
councils, meetings, memos, an
intranet, newsletters, suggestion
schemes, the grapevine, and reports.)
internal consultant /Intn(ə)l
kənsltənt/ noun an employee with
special knowledge and expertise who
offers advice or business solutions to
another department within the same
organisation
internal consulting /Intn(ə)l
kənsltIŋ/ noun the work done by an
internal consultant
internal growth /Intn(ə)l ɡrəυθ/
noun the development of a company by
growing its existing business with its
own finances, as opposed to acquiring
other businesses (called ‘external
growth’)
internal labour market /Intn(ə)l
leIbə mɑkIt/ noun the workforce
already employed in a group, which can
be redeployed to other jobs inside the
group. Abbr ILM
internally /Intn(ə)lI/ adverb inside
a company The job was advertised
internally.
internal market /Intn(ə)l
mɑkIt/ noun a way of operating a
large organisation, where each manager
becomes a separate entrepreneurial unit
which is run as if totally independent
from the rest of the group
internal promotion /Intn(ə)l
prəməυʃ(ə)n/ noun the promotion of
someone working in the company already
(as opposed to bringing in a new
employee from outside)
internal recruitment /Intn(ə)l rI-
krutmənt/ noun the process of filling
vacancies by recruiting staff from inside
the company
Internal Revenue Service /In-
tn(ə)l revənju svIs/ noun US
a government department which deals
with tax. Abbr IRS
internal telephone /Intn(ə)l
telIfəυn/ noun a telephone which is
linked to other telephones in an office
international /Intənʃ(ə)nəl/ adjective
working between countries
international call /Intənʃ(ə)nəl
kɔl/ noun a telephone call to another
country
international (dialling) code
/Intənʃ(ə)nəl daIəlIŋ kəυd/ noun
the part of a telephone number used for
dialling to another country
International Labour Organisation
(ILO) /Intənʃ(ə)nəl leIbər
ɔɡənaIzeIʃ(ə)n/ a section of the
United Nations which tries to improve
working conditions and workers’ pay in
member countries
international
union
/Intənʃ(ə)nəl junjən/ noun US a
parent union composed of affiliated unions,
known as ‘locals’
Internet /Intənet/ noun 1. international
network linking thousands of
computers using telephone links
Much of our business is done on the
Internet. Internet sales form an important
part of our turnover. He
searched the Internet for information on
cheap tickets to the USA. 2. the global,
public network of computers and telephone
links that houses websites, allows
email to be sent and is accessed with the
aid of a modem (NOTE: The Internet
uses the Internet Protocol (IP) as a
communication standard.)
‘…they predict a tenfold increase in sales via
internet or TV between 1999 and 2004’
[Investors Chronicle]
‘…in two significant decisions, the Securities
and Exchange Board of India today allowed