Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

million dollar turnover’ [Australian Financial
Review]
potential review /pətenʃəl rIvju/
noun a study of an employee’s performance
to determine what direction their
career should take in the organisation
power /paυə/ noun 1. strength or
ability 2. a force or legal right
power and influence theory of
leadership /paυər ənd Influəns
θIəri əv lidəʃIp/ noun the theory that
leadership is based on the nature of the
relationships between leaders and the
people who follow them, which are
shaped by the power and influence exerted
by the leaders, rather than on the
exceptional abilities that leaders as individuals
are supposed to possess
power lunch /paυə lntʃ/ noun
same as working lunch
power of attorney /paυər əv ə-
tni/ noun a legal document which
gives someone the right to act on someone’s
behalf in legal matters
power structure /paυə strktʃə/
noun the way in which power is distributed
among different groups or individuals
in an organisation
power struggle /paυə strɡ(ə)l/
noun a fight between people or groups
to obtain control of something There
was a power struggle in the boardroom,
and the finance director had to resign.
p.p. abbr per procurationem verb
to p.p. a letter to sign a letter on behalf
of someone Her assistant p.p.’d the
letter while the manager was at lunch.
PR abbr public relations A PR firm is
handling all our publicity. She works
in PR. The PR people gave away
100,000 balloons.
practice /prktIs/ noun a way of doing
things His practice was to arrive
at work at 7.30 and start counting the
cash.
precautionary measure /prI-
kɔʃ(ə)n(ə)ri meʒə/ noun an action
taken to prevent something unwanted
taking place
precautions /prIkɔʃ(ə)nz/ plural
noun measures taken to avoid something
unpleasant We intend to take
precautions to prevent thefts in the ofpost-
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He put the letter in the post. The
cheque was lost in the post. 2. letters
sent or received Has the post arrived
yet? The first thing I do is open the
post. The receipt was in this morning’s
post. The letter didn’t arrive by
the first post this morning. (NOTE: British
English uses both mail and post
but American English only uses mail)
3. job, paid work in a company to apply
for a post as cashier we have three
posts vacant All our posts have been
filled. We advertised three posts in the
‘Times’. verb 1. to send something by
post to post a letter or to post a parcel
2. to post up a notice to put a notice
on a wall or on a noticeboard
‘Toronto stocks closed at an all-time high,
posting their fifth day of advances in heavy
trading’ [Financial Times]
post- /pəυst/ prefix after
postal ballot /pəυst(ə)l blət/,
postal vote /pəυst(ə)l vəυt/ noun an
election where the voters send their ballot
papers by post
postcode /pəυstkəυd/ noun a set of
letters and numbers used to indicate a
town or street in an address on an
envelope
post-entry closed shop /pəυst
entri kləυzd ʃɒp/ noun a closed shop
which applies to employees after they
have joined a company
post-industrial experience /pəυst
Indstriəl IkspIəriəns/ noun experience
after working in industry
posting /pəυstIŋ/ noun an appointment
to a job He has been offered an
overseas posting.
posting and bidding /pəυstIŋ ən
bIdIŋ/ noun the act of advertising a job
internally so that employees can apply
for it
potential /pətenʃəl/ adjective possible
she is a potential managing director
she is the sort of person who
could become managing director
noun the possibility of becoming
something
‘…career prospects are excellent for someone
with growth potential’ [Australian Financial
Review]
‘…for sale: established general cleaning
business; has potential to be increased to over 1