Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

working lunch 278 work sampling
working lunch /wkIŋ lntʃ/
noun a lunch where business matters are
discussed (NOTE: also called power
lunch)
working partner /wkIŋ pɑtnə/
noun a partner who works in a
partnership
working population /wkIŋ
pɒpjυleIʃ(ə)n/ noun the people who
are in paid employment
working practices /wkIŋ
prktIsIz/ plural noun a way in which
work is done in an organisation
Working practices have been changed
in order to improve efficiency. A survey
of working practices in the whole industry
led to radical changes in the
company.
working supervisor /wkIŋ
supəvaIzə/ noun a worker who controls
the work of others as well as doing
manual work themselves
work in progress /wk In
prəυɡres/ noun the value of goods being
manufactured which are not complete
at the end of an accounting period
Our current assets are made up of
stock, goodwill and work-in-progress.
Abbr WIP (NOTE: American English is
work in process)
work-life balance /wk laIf
bləns/ noun the balance between the
amount of time and effort someone devotes
to work and the amount they devote
to other aspects of life (NOTE:
Work-life balance is the subject of
widespread debate on how to allow
employees more control over their
working arrangements so that they
have more time for their outside activities
and responsibilities, but in a way
that will still benefit the organisations
they work for.)
workload /wkləυd/ noun the
amount of work which a person has to
do He has difficulty in coping with his
heavy workload.
workman /wkmən/ noun a man
who works with his hands (NOTE: plural
is workmen)
workmanship /wkmənʃIp/ noun
the skill of a good workman bad or
shoddy workmanship bad work done
by a workman
workmate /wkmeIt/ noun a person
who works with another
work measurement /wk
meʒəmənt/ noun the process of establishing
the time necessary for the performance
of certain tasks by a trained
employee
work out /wk aυt/ verb he is
working out his notice he is working
during the time between resigning and
actually leaving the company
work overload /wk əυvələυd/
noun the fact of having too much work
(a frequent cause of stress)
work permit /wk pmIt/ noun an
official document which allows someone
who is not a citizen to work in a
country
workplace /wkpleIs/ noun a place
where you work
‘…every house and workplace in Britain is to be
directly involved in an energy efficiency
campaign’ [Times]
workplace bullying /wkpleIs
bυliIŋ/ noun persistent intimidation or
harassment at work which demoralises
and humiliates a person or group
work practices /wk prktIsIz/
noun same as working practices
Work practices have been changed in
order to improve efficiency. A survey
of work practices in the whole industry
led to radical changes in the company.
work profiling /wk praυfaIlIŋ/
noun same as profile method
work rage /wk reIdʒ/ noun actions
that express feelings of violent and irrational
anger aroused in an employee by
something that happens in the workplace
(informal.)
works /wks/ noun a factory There
is a small engineering works in the same
street as our office. The steel works is
expanding. (NOTE: takes a singular or
plural verb)
work sampling /wk sɑmplIŋ/
noun a random observation of work processes
in order to improve efficiency
and economy