Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

Chinese walls 46 claim
Chinese walls /tʃaIniz wɔlz/
plural noun imaginary barriers between
departments in the same organisation,
set up to avoid insider dealing or conflict
of interest (as when a merchant
bank is advising on a planned takeover
bid, its investment department should
not know that the bid is taking place, or
they would advise their clients to invest
in the company being taken over)
choice /tʃɔIs/ noun 1. a thing which is
chosen You must give the customer
time to make their choice. 2. a range of
items to choose from We have only a
limited choice of suppliers. the shop
carries a good choice of paper the
shop carries many types of paper to
choose from adjective (of food.) specially
selected choice meat choice
wines choice foodstuffs
choose /tʃuz/ verb to decide to do a
particular thing or to buy a particular
item (as opposed to something else)
There were several good candidates to
choose from. They chose the only
woman applicant as sales director.
You must give the customers plenty of
time to choose. (NOTE: choosing –
chose – has chosen)
Christmas /krIsməs/ noun a Christian
holiday celebrated on 25th December
The office closes for ten days at
Christmas. We have allocated £50 for
organising the office Christmas party.
Christmas bonus /krIsməs
bəυnəs/ noun an extra payment made
to staff at Christmas
chronic illness /krɒnIk Ilnəs/
noun an illness or condition which lasts
for a long time
chronic shortage /krɒnIk ʃɔtIdʒ/
noun a shortage which continues for a
period of time a chronic shortage of
skilled staff
chronological
order
/krɒnəlɒdʒIk(ə)l ɔdə/ noun the
arrangement of records such as files and
invoices in order of their dates
circadian rhythm /skeIdiən
rIðəmz/ plural noun 1. the rhythms of
daily activities and bodily processes
such as eating, defecating or sleeping
which are frequently controlled by hormones
and which repeat every
twenty-four hours 2. biorhythms, recurring
cycles of different lengths which
some people believe affect a person’s
behaviour, sensitivity and intelligence
circular /skjυlə/ adjective sent to
many people noun a leaflet or letter
sent to many people They sent out a
circular offering a 10% discount. Senior
management sent out a circular to
all the employees explaining the
changes in the payment scheme.
circularise /skjυləraIz/, circularize
verb to send a circular to The committee
has agreed to circularise the
members of the society. They circularised
all their customers with a new list
of prices. The committee has agreed
to circularise the members.
circulate /skjυleIt/ verb to send information
to They circulated information
about job vacancies to all colleges
in the area.
circulation /skjυleIʃ(ə)n/ noun
1. the act of sending information
The company is trying to improve the
circulation of information between departments.
2. movement 3. the number
of readers of a newspaper or magazine.
It is audited and is not the same as
‘readership’.
Ciro method noun a method of assessing
the value of a training
programme under the four headings of
context, input, reaction and outcome
civil /sIv(ə)l/ adjective referring to ordinary
people
civil rights /sIv(ə)l raIts/ plural
noun the rights and privileges of each
individual according to the law
civil servant /sIv(ə)l svənt/ noun
a person who works in the civil service
civil service /sIv(ə)l svIs/ noun
the organisation and personnel which
administer a country You have to pass
an examination to get a job in the civil
service or to get a civil service job.
claim /kleIm/ noun 1. an act of asking
for money the union put in a 6%
wage claim the union asked for a 6% increase
in wages for its members 2. to
file or lodge a claim against someone
to make an official claim against someone
verb 1. to ask for money She