Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

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nies. All orders are distributed from
our warehouse near Oxford.
distribution /dIstrIbjuʃ(ə)n/ noun
1. the act of sending goods from the
manufacturer to the wholesaler and then
to retailers Stock is held in a distribution
centre which deals with all order
processing. Distribution costs have
risen sharply over the last 18 months.
She has several years’ experience as
distribution manager. 2. sharing something
among several people distribution
of the workload sharing in a fair
way the work which has to be done
‘British distribution companies are poised to
capture a major share of the European market’
[Management News]
distribution channels /dIstrI-
bjuʃ(ə)n tʃn(ə)lz/ plural noun
ways of sending goods from the manufacturer
for sale by retailers
distribution of profits /dIstrI-
bjuʃ(ə)n əv prɒfIts/ noun the sharing
of profits between shareholders,
staff and other parties
distributive bargaining /dI-
strIbjυtIv bɑɡInIŋ/ noun collective
bargaining where the workers try to obtain
as good a share of limited resources
as possible
division /dIvIʒ(ə)n/ noun 1. the main
section of a large company the marketing
division the production division
the retail division the hotel
division of the leisure group 2. a company
which is part of a large group
Smith’s is now a division of the Brown
group of companies. 3. the act of separating
a whole into parts the division
of responsibility between managers
divisional /dIvIʒ(ə)n(ə)l/ adjective
referring to a division a divisional director
the divisional headquarters
divisional headquarters /dI-
vIʒ(ə)nəl hedkwɔtez/ plural noun
the main office of a division of a
company
division of labour /dIvIʒ(ə)n əv
leIbə/ noun a production system where
work is split up into clearly defined
tasks and areas of responsibility
dock /dɒk/ verb to remove money
from someone’s wages We will have
to dock your pay if you are late for work
again. He had £20 docked from his
pay for being late.
doctor /dɒktə/ noun a specialist who
examines people when they are sick to
see how they can be made well
doctor’s certificate /dɒktəz sə-
tIfIkət/ noun a document written by a
doctor to say that a worker is ill and cannot
work He has been off sick for ten
days and still has not sent in a doctor’s
certificate.
documentary evidence
/dɒkjυment(ə)ri evId(ə)ns/ noun
evidence in the form of documents
dogsbody /dɒɡzbɒdi/ noun a person
who does all types of work in an office
for very low wages (informal.)
dole /dəυl/ noun money given by the
government to unemployed people he
is receiving dole payments, he is on
the dole he is receiving unemployment
benefits
dole bludger /dəυl bldʒə/ noun
(in Australia and New Zealand) someone
who lives off social security payments
and makes no attempt to find
work
dole queue /dəυl kju/ noun a line
of people waiting to collect their unemployment
money (NOTE: the American
term is dole line)
domicile /dɒmIsaIl/ verb she is domiciled
in Denmark she lives in Denmark
officially bills domiciled in
France bills of exchange which have to
be paid in France
dotted-line relationships /dɒtId
laIn rIleIʃ(ə)nʃIps/ plural noun
relationships between managers and
staff whom they supervise indirectly
rather than on a day-to-day basis (NOTE:
The name comes from the fact that
these links are shown as dotted lines
on organisational charts.)
double /db(ə)l/ adjective twice as
large or two times the size Their turnover
is double ours. to be on double
time to earn twice the usual wages for
working on Sundays or other holidays
to work double shifts to work with two
shifts of workers on duty in double
figures with two figures, from 10 to 99
Inflation is in double figures. We