Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

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table /teIb(ə)l/ noun 1. a piece of furniture
with a flat top and legs 2. a diagram
or chart verb to put items of
information on the table before a meeting
The report of the finance committee
was tabled. to table a motion to
put forward a proposal for discussion at
a meeting
table of organisation /teIb(ə)l əv
ɔɡənaIzeIʃ(ə)n/ noun a diagram
showing a list of people working in various
departments, with their areas of responsibility
and relationships between
personnel
tactic /tktIk/ noun a way of doing
things so as to be at an advantage
Concentrating our sales force in that
area could be a good tactic. The directors
planned their tactics before going
into the meeting.
take /teIk/ verb 1. to receive or to get
the shop takes £2,000 a week the
shop receives £2,000 a week in cash
sales she takes home £250 a week
her salary, after deductions for tax etc. is
£250 a week 2. to do a certain action
to take action to do something You
must take immediate action if you want
to stop thefts. to take a call to answer
the telephone
take back /teIk bk/ verb to take
back employees to re-employ former
employees
take-home pay /teIk həυm peI/
noun pay received, after tax, etc., has
been deducted After all the deductions,
his take-home pay is only £300 a
week.
take on /teIk ɒn/ verb to agree to
employ someone to take on more staff
take over /teIk əυvə/ verb 1. to start
to do something in place of someone
else Miss Black took over from Mr
Jones on May 1st. 2. to take over a
company to buy a business by offering
to buy most of its shares The company
was taken over by a large multinational.
takeover /teIkəυvə/ noun 1. an act
of buying a controlling interest in a
business by buying more than 50% of its
shares the take-over period is always
difficult the period when one person is
taking over work from another 2. the act
of starting to do something in place of
someone else
takeover bid /teIkəυvə bId/ noun
an offer to buy all or a majority of the
shares in a company so as to control it
They made a takeover bid for the
company.
take up /teIk p/ verb to accept to
take up a new post to start a new job
talent /tlənt/ noun people with exceptional
abilities, especially the employees
that the company values most
talks /tɔks/ plural noun discussions
The talks broke down late last night.
to hold talks with someone to discuss
with someone
tardiness /tɑdinəs/ noun the fact of
being late or unpunctual (formal.) Tardiness
and poor performance were both
responsible for this year’s bad profit
figures.
target /tɑɡIt/ noun something to aim
for performance targets verb 1. to
aim to sell to somebody I’ll follow up
your idea of targeting our address list
with a special mailing. 2. to aim at
task noun /tɑsk/ work which has to be
done The job involves some tasks
which are unpleasant and others which
are more rewarding. The candidates
are given a series of tasks to complete
within a time limit. verb to give someone
a task to do