Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

cope 64 corporation
or employees have shares in the company
cope /kəυp/ verb to manage to do
something The new assistant manager
coped very well when the manager was
on holiday. The warehouse is trying to
cope with the backlog of orders.
core /kɔ/ noun the central or main part
core skills /kɔ skIlz/ noun basic
skills, which are needed by everyone
core time /kɔ taIm/ noun a period
when people working under a flexitime
system must be present at work
core values /kɔ vljuz/ plural
noun a set of concepts and ideals that
guide someone’s life and help them to
make important decisions
core workers /kɔ wkəz/ plural
noun workers who are in full-time employment
(as opposed to part-timers or
casual workers who are called ‘peripheral
workers’)
corporate /kɔp(ə)rət/ adjective 1.
referring to a whole company 2. referring
to a large organisation
‘…the prime rate is the rate at which banks lend
to their top corporate borrowers’
[Wall Street Journal]
‘…if corporate forecasts are met, sales will
exceed $50 million next year’
[Citizen (Ottawa)]
corporate climate /kɔp(ə)rət
klaImət/ noun the general feeling and
atmosphere within an organisation that
is mainly created by the attitudes of its
managers towards their work, their staff
and their customers and that can affect
such things as productivity, creativity,
and customer focus
corporate communication
/kɔp(ə)rət kəmjunIkeIʃ(ə)n/ noun
the activities undertaken by an organisation
to pass on information both to its
own employees and to its existing and
prospective customers and the general
public
corporate culture /kɔp(ə)rət
kltʃə/ noun the way of managing a
corporation, by increasing the importance
of the corporation itself, and therefore
the loyalty of the workforce to the
corporation
corporate ethos /kɔp(ə)rət iθɒs/
noun a company’s special way of working
and thinking
corporate hospitality /kɔp(ə)rət
hɒspItlIti/ noun entertainment provided
by an organisation, originally intended
to help salespeople build
relationships with customers, but now
increasingly used as an incentive for
staff and in team-building and training
exercises for employees
corporate image /kɔp(ə)rət
ImIdʒ/ noun an idea which a company
would like the public to have of it
corporate planning /kɔp(ə)rət
plnIŋ/ noun the process of planning
the future work of a whole company
corporate restructuring
/kɔp(ə)rət ristrktʃərIŋ/ noun a
fundamental change in the way in which
an organisation is structured that may
involve increasing or decreasing the
various layers of staff between the top
and the bottom of the hierarchy or
re-assigning roles and responsibilities
within it (NOTE: Corporate restructuring
has generally come to mean reorganising
after a period of unsatisfactory
performance, and often involves the
closure of parts of the business and
the laying-off of personnel.)
corporate strategy /kɔp(ə)rət
strtədʒi/ noun the plans for future
action by a corporation
corporate university /kɔp(ə)rət
junIvsIti/ noun an educational centre
run by an organisation that offers opportunities
for training and development
only to its own employees, especially in
skills that the organisation needs to fulfil
its own needs
corporate vision /kɔp(ə)rət
vIʒ(ə)n/ noun the overall aim or purpose
of an organisation that all its business
activities are designed to help it
achieve (NOTE: An organisation’s corporate
vision is usually summed up in
its vision statement.)
corporation /kɔpəreIʃ(ə)n/ noun a
large company
COMMENT: A corporation is formed by
registration with the Registrar of Companies
under the Companies Act (in the
case of public and private companies) or
other Acts of Parliament (in the case of
building societies and charities).