Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

procedural 207 productivity drive
procedural /prəsidʒərəl/ adjective
referring to procedure
‘…the procedural ‘gentleman’s agreement’
approach was not sufficient to sustain individual
employees against workplace industrial action’
[Personnel Management]
procedural agreement /prə-
sidʒərəl əɡrimənt/ noun an agreement
between a trade union and management
on procedure to be followed
during negotiations or bargaining
procedure /prəsidʒə/ noun a way in
which something is done The inquiry
found that the company had not followed
the approved procedures. The
management complained that the unions
did not follow the proper procedure.
this procedure is very irregular this is
not the proper way to do something
‘…this was a serious breach of disciplinary
procedure and the dismissal was unfair’
[Personnel Management]
procedure manual /prəsidʒə
mnjuəl/ noun a document in which
the step-by-step instructions that govern
the way in which an organisation conducts
particular activities are written
down (NOTE: Procedure manuals are
often used in the induction and training
of new recruits.)
proceedings /prəsidIŋz/ plural
noun to take or to institute proceedings
against someone to start a legal action
against someone
process /prəυses/ noun the series of
steps or stages that make up an activity
decision-making processes ways in
which decisions are reached verb 1.
to process figures to sort out information
to make it easily understood The
sales figures are being processed by our
accounts department. 2. to deal with
something in the usual routine way It
usually takes at least two weeks to process
an insurance claim. Orders are
processed in our warehouse.
process chart /prəυses tʃɑt/ noun
a diagram which shows all the stages involved
in a job or project in the correct
order
process skills /prəυses skIlz/ plural
noun skills in organising, problem-solving,
decision-making, etc.
production /prədkʃən/ noun 1. the
act of showing something on production
of when something is shown
Goods can be exchanged only on production
of the sales slip. 2. the making
or manufacturing of goods for sale We
are hoping to speed up production by
installing new machinery. Higher
production is rewarded with higher pay.
production bonus /prədkʃən
bəυnəs/ noun an extra payment made
for each job or task completed after a
certain production target has been
reached
production curve /prədkʃən
kv/ noun the extent to which output
varies according to how long the employee
has been working
production management
/prədkʃən mnIdʒmənt/ noun the
process of supervising a factory or a
production process
production standards /prə-
dkʃən stndədz/ plural noun the
quality levels relating of production
production target /prədkʃən
tɑɡIt/ noun the amount of units a factory
is expected to produce
production transfer /prədkʃən
trnsf/ noun the transferring of employees
from jobs in which manpower
requirements are declining to jobs
where manpower requirements are on
the increase
productivity /prɒdktIvIti/ noun
the rate of output per employee or per
machine in a factory Bonus payments
are linked to productivity. The company
is aiming to increase productivity.
‘…though there has been productivity growth,
the absolute productivity gap between many
British firms and their foreign rivals remains’
[Sunday Times]
productivity audit /prɒdktIvIti
ɔdIt/ noun a review of a company’s
productivity and its relationship with its
employees
productivity bargaining /prɒdk-
tIvIti bɑɡInIŋ/ noun bargaining between
a union and management to agree
on the level of productivity to be
achieved
productivity drive /prɒdktIvIti
draIv/ noun an extra effort to increase
productivity