Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

oriented 188 output
company and its products. Lack of
proper orientation can cause much distress
in the first days of a new job.
oriented /ɔrientId/, orientated
/ɔriənteItId/ adjective working in a
certain direction a market-orientated
approach
originating application /ə-
rIdʒIneItIŋ plIkeIʃ(ə)n/ noun a
form by which an employee begins the
process of complaint to an industrial
tribunal
ostracise /ɒstrəsaIz/, ostracize
verb to reject and refuse to have anything
to do with a member or members
of a group Workers who carried on
working were ostracised after the strike
ended.
ostracism /ɒstrəsIz(ə)m/ noun rejection
of a member or members of a
group by others The fate of
non-strikers was ostracism by their former
colleagues.
OTE abbr on-target earnings
out /aυt/ adverb on strike As soon as
the management made the offer, the staff
came out. The shop stewards called
the workforce out.
out box /aυt bɒks/ noun US a box or
other container for documents and other
items that have been dealt with (NOTE:
Items are placed in the out box before
being filed or delivered to another person.)
outcome /aυtkm/ noun a result
What was the outcome of the
discussion?
outdoor training /aυtdɔ treInIŋ/
noun same as adventure training
outfit /aυtfIt/ noun a small, sometimes
badly run company They called
in a public relations outfit. He works
for some finance outfit.
out-house /aυt haυs/ adjective, adverb
working outside a company’s
buildings the out-house staff We do
all our data processing out-house.
outing /aυtIŋ/ noun a trip away from
the place of work
outline /aυtlaIn/ noun a general description,
without giving many details
They drew up the outline of a plan or an
outline plan. verb to make a general
description The chairman outlined the
company’s plans for the coming year.
outline agreement /aυt(ə)laIn ə-
ɡrimənt/ noun the general draft of an
agreement, without giving any details
out of court /aυt əv kɔt/ adverb,
adjective a settlement was reached
out of court a dispute was settled between
two parties privately without continuing
a court case
out-of-court settlement /aυt əv
kɔt set(ə)lmənt/ noun an act of settling
a dispute between two parties privately
without continuing a court case
out-of-date /aυt əv deIt/ adjective,
adverb old-fashioned or no longer modern
Their computer system is years
out of date. They’re still using
out-of-date equipment.
out of pocket /aυt əv pɒkIt/ adjective,
adverb having paid out money personally
The deal has left me out of
pocket.
out of the loop /aυt əv ðə lup/ adverb
deliberately or accidentally excluded
from decision-making processes
and the flow of information around an
organisation (informal.) (NOTE: A person
who is out of the loop is likely to feel
isolated and will be unable to contribute
fully to the organisation.)
out of work /aυt əv wk/ adjective,
adverb with no job The recession
has put millions out of work. The
company was set up by three
out-of-work engineers.
outplacement /aυtpleIsmənt/
noun help in finding another job, given
by an employer to an employee who has
been made redundant
output /aυtpυt/ noun 1. the amount
which a company, person or machine
produces Output has increased by
10%. 25% of our output is exported.
2. information which is produced by a
computer (NOTE: the opposite is input)
verb to produce (by computer) The
printer will output colour graphics.
That is the information outputted from
the computer. The printer will output
colour graphs. (NOTE: outputting –
outputted)