Human resources

Human resources

Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.

Industry: Business administration; Business services

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vocational guidance

Business administration; Human resources

A branch of occupational psychology which helps people to choose an occupation or a career which will be of mutual benefit to them and their prospective employers. It makes use of the interview ...

career anchors

Business administration; Human resources

A concept developed by the American theorist of organizational psychology, Edgar Schein, to study the guidelines and priorities in the working life of a manager. It deals with the way in which a ...

A contract of employment where the worker has to be available to the employer for a certain period of time even though his or her services may not actually be called upon. As the worker is only paid ...

employee assistance program (EAP)

Business administration; Human resources

A form of confidential help for people suffering from stress at work, or particular symptoms of it like alcohol or drug abuse.

merit rating

Business administration; Human resources

A form of reward for members of an organization, based on an assessment of their worth beyond the normally expected performance of their job, on the grounds that different people doing the same job ...

cafeteria benefits

Business administration; Human resources

A form of reward where employees are given some choice from a range of fringe benefits.

on-the-job training (OJT)

Business administration; Human resources

A form of training that is given to people at their place of work, and usually during working hours. In the United Kingdom, it often involves sitting next to nellie, and in the United States, the use ...