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Human resources
Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.
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Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)
Business services; Human resources
A written set of specific, results-oriented procedures to be followed. Intended to remedy the effects of past discrimination against or underutilization of women and minorities. The effectiveness of ...
plan for the unknown
Business services; Business intelligence
Plan for the unknown is basically try to plan several steps in order to reach a target, but with many unknown things. For example: plan a training, but not knowing the content, the number of ...
work patterns
Business administration; Human resources
Work pattern refers to different ways of working, not only through a same firm, but in different regions, countries. This expression highlights the differences in the ways of thinking about the ...
resign
Business administration; Human resources
When a person decides to resign, she decides to leave the firm without any financial compensations. The person can leave the firm for different reasons, but she has to tell her employer. She also ...
manpower
Business administration; Human resources
Manpower is a general term usually used to describe the whole number of employees. It's often used by recruitment agencies or in the newspapers as a part of the job market analysis.
pension scheme
Business administration; Human resources
Pension scheme are the amount of money a worker has to pay in order to retire one day. When the person stops working, at the legal retirement age, she/he can have an amount of money each months. ...
suitable work-time
Business administration; Human resources
The working time can be the consequence of different causes: maternity, industrial accident, handicap... It means that the salary can work less, or at different hours during the day (or the night).
