HSC HR Glossary

A meeting where a manager assess' the performance of their employees against objectives

An attempt to motivate staff through pay and bonus schemes

Identifying the tasks and skills within a job - results are used to write job description

Giving workers more responsibility to make decisions as they work

The organisation & coordination of an organisations workforce

Using factors other than money to motivate e.g. social benefits

Process whereby employees receive formal warnings about the level of their performance

Alternating the tasks a worker completes to prevent lack of motivation

The number of employees working under a superior

Giving workers a wider variety of work to do which stretches their abilities

A testing method which analyses an individual's personality

Authority and responsibility is handed from superior to subordinate

Treating an individual in an unfair manner solely because of one characteristic

The levels of management within a business, ranking from high to low

Where an employee feels they have been treated unfairly so makes a complaint against managers

Managers who do not trust employees and who retain complete control

Introducing a new individual to the business i.e. meeting colleagues & health & safety rules

A form of industrial action where workers only do the bare minimum of work

The way in which power and authority are passed down through a business

When employee behaviour is so serious that it warrants severe disciplinary action or dismissal

Action taken by employees in order to show they are unhappy with working conditions eg. strikes

The rate at which employees are leaving a business

A third party holds a meeting and helps conflicting parties to come to a resolution

Payments other than wages/salaries e.g.medical insurance