Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

public ownership 212 pyramid
public ownership /pblIk
əυnəʃIp/ noun a situation where the
government owns a business, i.e. where
an industry is nationalised
public relations /pblIk rI-
leIʃ(ə)nz/ plural noun the practice of
building up and keeping good relations
between an organisation and the public,
or an organisation and its employees, so
that people know and think well of what
the organisation is doing She works in
public relations. A public relations
firm handles all our publicity. The
company’s internal public relations
were improved by setting up the house
journal. Abbr PR (NOTE: takes a
singular verb)
public relations department
/pblIk rIleIʃ(ə)nz dIpɑtmənt/
noun the section of a company which
deals with relations with the public.
Abbr PR department
public relations exercise /pblIk
rIleIʃ(ə)nz eksəsaIz/ noun a campaign
to improve public relations
public servant /pblIk svənt/
noun a person employed by a government
department or agency
public service /pblIk svIs/
noun the various departments and agencies
that carry out government policies
and provide the services that are funded
by the government
public training programme
/pblIk treInIŋ prəυɡrm/ noun
a training programme that has a set
syllabus and is open to the employees of
any organisation
pull /pυl/ verb pull the plug on
something to bring something such as a
business project to an end, especially by
cutting off its financial support (informal.)
pull out /pυl aυt/ verb to stop being
part of a deal or agreement Our Australian
partners pulled out of the
contract.
punctual /pŋktʃuəl/ adjective tending
to arrive at a place at the right time
punctuality /pŋktʃulIti/ noun
the tendency to arrive at a place at the
right time
punitive /pjunItIv/ adjective which
punishes
punitive damages /pjunItIv
dmIdʒIz/ damages which punish the
defendant for the loss or harm caused to
the plaintiff; heavy damages awarded to
show that the court feels the defendant
has behaved badly towards the plaintiff
punitive measure /pjunItIv
meʒə/ noun a measure to punish
someone
purchase book /ptʃIs bυk/ noun
a book in which purchases are recorded
push /pυʃ/ noun the action of making
something move forward push the
envelope /pυʃ ði envələυp/ to go beyond
normal limits and try to do something
that is new and sometimes risky
(slang)
put back /pυt bk/ verb to change
to a later time We had to put back the
meeting because the leader of the management
team was ill.
put in /pυt In/ verb to put an ad in
a paper to have an ad printed in a newspaper
the union put in a 6% wage
claim the union asked for a 6% increase
in wages
put off /pυt ɒf/ verb to arrange for
something to take place later than
planned The meeting was put off for
two weeks. She asked if we could put
the visit off until tomorrow.
put out /pυt aυt/ verb to send out
We are planning to put out most of the
work to freelancers. to put work out
to contract to decide that work should
be done by a company on a contract,
rather than employ members of staff to
do it
pyramid /pIrəmId/ noun 1. a shape
like a triangle with a wide bottom rising
to a point at the top 2. a hierarchical
staff structure in an organisation, with
few employees at the top and many
more at the bottom