Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

nomination /nɒmIneIʃ(ə)n/ noun
the act of nominating someone for a
position
nominee /nɒmIni/ noun 1. a person
who is nominated, especially someone
who is appointed to deal with financial
matters on your behalf 2. a person who
is nominated for a job (NOTE: a person
may be nominated to a position without
any other candidates being considered,
or without the post being advertised;
the word implies a personal
choice, rather than selection by a committee.
In other cases, it is better to
use the words appoint, appointment,
appointee)
COMMENT: Shares can be purchased
and held in nominee accounts so that the
identity of the owner of the shares cannot
be discovered easily.
non- /nɒn/ prefix not
non-analytical job evaluation
/nɒn nəlItIk(ə)l dʒɒb Ivlju-
eIʃ(ə)n/ noun a way of evaluating a
job, by giving each job a rank within the
organisation (as opposed to the analytical
system, where each job is evaluated
according to a points system)
non-conformance /nɒn kən-
fɔməns/ noun the act of not conforming
He was criticised for
non-conformance with the regulations.
non-contributory pension plan
/nɒn kəntrIbjυt(ə)ri penʃən pln/,
non-contributory pension scheme /
/nɒn kəntrIbjυt(ə)ri penʃən skim/
noun a pension scheme where a company,
not the employee, pays all contributions
The company pension scheme
is non-contributory.
non-directive counselling /nɒn
daIrektIv kaυns(ə)lIŋ/ noun the givnewsletter
177 non-directive counselling
newsletter /njuzletə/ noun company
newsletter a printed sheet or
small newspaper giving news about a
company
newssheet /njuzʃit/ noun a leaflet
distributed by an organisation, giving
the latest news about itself
next of kin /nekst əv kIn/ noun the
nearest member of the family (to be
contacted if an employee dies or is involved
in an accident)
NI abbr National Insurance
NIC abbr National Insurance
contributions
nice guys finish last /naIs ɡaIz
fInIʃ lɑst/ phrase a saying used in
business to suggest that people should
think about themselves first
nice-to-haves /naIs tə hvz/ noun
the benefits of a job, such as free parking
or subsidised meals, which are good
to have but not essential (informal.)
night /naIt/ noun a period of time from
evening to morning
night duty /naIt djuti/ noun aperiod
of work during the night
night shift /naIt ʃIft/ noun a shift
which works at night There are thirty
men on the night shift.
nightwork /naItwk/ noun work
done at night
NLP abbr neurolinguistic programming
No., Noabbr number
no-attention job /nəυ ətenʃən
dʒɒb/ noun a job that can be done with
minimal concentration No-attention
jobs create stress because of the boredom
they produce.
no-claims bonus /nəυ kleImz
bəυnəs/ noun 1. a reduction of premiums
on an insurance policy because no
claims have been made 2. a lower premium
paid because no claims have been
made against the insurance policy
nomadic worker /nəυmdIk
wkə/ noun same as mobile worker
nominal /nɒmIn(ə)l/ adjective (of a
payment) very small They are paying
a nominal rent. The employment
agency makes a nominal charge for its
services.
nominal group technique
/nɒmIn(ə)l ɡrup teknik/ noun a
group method of drawing out ideas from
people on a specific topic Nominal
group methods are used when representatives
from all the sales and production
departments are considering new product
ideas.
nominate /nɒmIneIt/ verb to suggest
someone for a job to nominate someone
to a post to appoint someone to a
post without an election