Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

continuing 61 contract
which continues after school and university
or college
continuing professional development
/kəntInjuIŋ prəfeʃ(ə)n(ə)l
dIveləpmənt/ noun full form of CPD
continuous /kəntInjυəs/ adjective
with no end or with no breaks a continuous
production line in continuous
employment employed for a period of
time, without more than a week’s gap
(holidays, sickness, etc., are not counted
as gaps) She was in continuous employment
for the period 1998 to 2002.
continuous assessment /kən-
tInjuəs əsesmənt/ noun an assessment
of a trainee’s work carried out
through the course (as opposed to terminal
assessment at the end of the course)
continuous development /kən-
tInjuəs dIveləpmənt/ noun a system
of continuous training for employees
continuous feed /kəntInjuəs fid/
noun a device which feeds continuous
stationery into a printer
continuous improvement /kən-
tInjuəs Impruvmənt/ noun a procedure
and management philosophy that
focuses on looking all the time for ways
in which small improvements can be
made to processes and products, with
the aim of increasing quality and reducing
waste and cost (NOTE: Continuous
improvement is one of the tools that
underpin the philosophies of total quality
management and lean production;
in Japan it is known as kaizen.)
continuous learning /kəntInjuəs
lnIŋ/ noun a system of training which
continues during an employee’s career
with a company
continuous service /kəntInjuəs
svIs/ noun a period of employment
with one employer, which begins on the
day on which the employee starts work
and ends on the day which they resign
or are dismissed
continuous shift system /kən-
tInjuəs ʃift sIstəm/ noun a system
where groups of employees work shifts
throughout the week, including
weekends
continuous shiftwork /kən-
tInjuəs ʃIftwk/ noun a system of
working designed to ensure that an organisation
can operate seven days a
week, 24 hours a day, e.g. in order to
make full use of expensive equipment or
to provide round-the-clock customer
service (NOTE: Continuous shiftwork
usually comprises three eight-hour or
two twelve-hour shifts, or a mix of the
two.)
contract noun /kɒntrkt/ 1. a legal
agreement between two parties to
draw up a contract to draft a contract
to sign a contract the contract is
binding on both parties both parties
signing the contract must do what is
agreed under contract bound by the
terms of a contract The firm is under
contract to deliver the goods by November.
to void a contract to make a contract
invalid 2. by private contract
by private legal agreement 3. an agreement
for the supply of a service or
goods to enter into a contract to supply
spare parts to sign a contract for
£10,000 worth of spare parts to put
work out to contract to decide that
work should be done by another company
on a contract, rather than by employing
members of staff to do it to
award a contract to a company, to
place a contract with a company to
decide that a company shall have the
contract to do work for you to tender
for a contract to put forward an estimate
of cost for work under contract
verb /kəntrkt/ to agree to do some
work on the basis of a legally binding
contract to contract to supply spare
parts or to contract for the supply of
spare parts to contract out of an
agreement to withdraw from an agreement
with the written permission of the
other party
COMMENT: A contract is an agreement
between two or more parties to create legal
obligations between them. Some contracts
are made ‘under seal’, i.e. they are
signed and sealed by the parties; most
contracts are made orally or in writing.
The essential elements of a contract are:
(a) that an offer made by one party should
be accepted by the other; (b) consideration
(i.e. payment of money); (c) the intention
to create legal relations. The terms
of a contract may be express or implied. A
breach of contract by one party entitles