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302 People Pusher
Objective 302
Term | Definition |
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Benefits | Advantages or payments employees receive in addition to their wage (e.g., sick time, holiday pay, health insurance |
Compensation | Pay or wages for work completed |
Compliance | Fulfilling the requirements of the law |
Employee complaint | An oral or written expression of an employees dissatisfaction |
Employee safety | Freedom from danger, risk, or injury in the workplace |
Employee-assistance programs | A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees |
Exit interview | Discussions with employees who are leaving that are designed to gain feedback for the business |
Globalization | The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders |
Human resources | People who work to produce goods and services |
Human resource management | The process of planning, staffing, leading, and organizing the employee of the business |
Job description | Explanation of responsibilities and tasks associated with a specific job |
Job specification | Explanation of the skills, knowledge, and characteristics required for a job |
On-boarding activities | Human resources management tasks that must be performed when a new employee joins the company (e.g., orientation and paperwork) |
Organizational restructuring | A significant change to a business's structure or operations (e.g., merger, acquisition, downsizing |
Orientation | Job preparation or indication training in which new employees are acquainted with their surrounding's and are given genera information about the company and its policies as well as specific information about their jobs |
Outsourcing | Acquiring assistance for outside organizations/consultants to accomplish business objectives or perform primary business activities |
Performance review | A formal assessment of a workers job performance by his/her supervisor that lets the worker know how she/he is doing on the job |
Professional development | Steps that an individual takes to enhance or improve skills or traits that are needed to excel in her/his career/profession |
Recruiting | Seeking out and attracting qualified potential employees |
Staffing | A human resource management activity that involves recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orienting, and dealing with job changes for a company's employees |
Strategic management | The process of planning, controlling, and organizing an organization or department |
Strategic Planning | Long-range planning (three to five years) for the company as a whole |
Telecommute | To work from a location other than a office |
On-the-job training | The most common method of training, the employee learn by actually performing the job |