Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

ehavioural sciences 28 benefits plan
in a form that makes it possible to
teach those skills to others 2. a
technique used in skills training that
involves encouraging somebody to imitate
what another person does and then
to retain the skill or type of behaviour
they have learned from that other person
behavioural sciences /bI-
heIvjərəl saIənsIz/ plural noun
sciences which study human behaviour,
such as sociology and psychology
behaviour expectation rate /bI-
heIvjə ekspekteIʃ(ə)n reIt/ noun
same as behaviourally anchored
rating scales
behind /bIhaInd/ preposition at the
back or after The company is No. 2 in
the market, about £4m behind their rivals.
adverb she has fallen behind
with her loan repayments she is late
with her payments
belong /bIlɒŋ/ verb to belong to to
be the property of The company belongs
to an old American banking
family.
belongings /bIlɒŋIŋz/ plural noun
things which belong to someone The
company is not responsible for personal
belongings left in the cloakrooms.
When I was sacked I had five minutes to
collect my personal belongings.
below /bIləυ/ preposition lower down
than or less than We sold the property
at below the market price. You can get
a ticket for New York at below £150 on
the Internet. The company has a policy
of paying staff below the market
rates.
benchmark /bentʃmɑk/ noun 1. a
point or level which is important, and
can be used as a reference when making
evaluations or assessments 2. a standard
used to measure performance (NOTE: a
benchmark was originally a set of computer
programs that was used to measure
how well a particular computer
performed in comparison with similar
models)
benchmarking /bentʃmɑkIŋ/
noun the practice of measuring the performance
of a company against the performance
of other companies in the
same sector
benchmark job /bentʃmɑk dʒɒbz/
noun a job used as a measure of
performance
beneficiary /benIfIʃəri/ noun a person
who gains money from something
the beneficiaries of a will
benefit /benIfIt/ noun 1. payments
which are made to someone under a national
or private insurance scheme
She receives £75 a week as unemployment
benefit. Sickness benefit is paid
monthly. The insurance office sends
out benefit cheques each week. 2. something
of value given to an employee in
addition to their salary verb 1. to
make better or to improve A fall in inflation
benefits the exchange rate. 2.
to benefit from or by something to be
improved by something, to gain more
money because of something Exports
have benefited from the fall in the exchange
rate. The employees have
benefited from the profit-sharing
scheme.
‘…the retail sector will also benefit from the
expected influx of tourists’ [Australian
Financial Review]
‘…what benefits does the executive derive from
his directorship? Compensation has increased
sharply in recent years and fringe benefits for
directors have proliferated’ [Duns Business
Month]
‘…salary is negotiable to £30,000, plus car and
a benefits package appropriate to this senior
post’ [Financial Times]
‘California is the latest state to enact a program
forcing welfare recipients to work for their
benefits’ [Fortune]
‘…salary range is $54,957 – $81,189, with a
competitive benefits package’ [Washington
Post]
benefit in kind /benIfIt In kaInd/
noun a benefit other than money received
by an employee as part of their
total compensation package, e.g. company
cars or private health insurance.
Such benefits are usually subject to tax.
benefits entitlement /benIfIts In-
taIt(ə)lmənt/ noun the type of social
security benefit to which someone has
the right
benefits plan /benIfIts pln/ noun
a Canadian government programme
intended to promote the employment
of Canadian citizens and to provide
Canadian manufacturers, consultants,