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302 People Pusher
Objective 302
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Benefits | Advantages or payments employees receive in addition to their wages (e.g., sick time, holiday pay, health insurance). |
| Compensation | Pay or Wages for work completed . |
| Compliance | Fulfilling the requirements of law. |
| Employees Complaint | An oral or written expression of an expression of an employee's 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 employees 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 resource management tasks that must be preformed when a new employee joins the company (e.g., orientation and paperwork. |
| On-The-Job Training | The most common method for training; the employee learns by actually performing the job. |
| Organizational Restructuring | A significant change to a business 's structure or operations (e.g., merger, acquisition, downsizing) |
| Orientation | Job preparation or induction training in which new employees are acquainted with their surroundings are given general information. |
| Outsourcing | Acquiring assistance from outside organizations/consultants to accomplish business objectives or perform primary business activities. |
| Performance Review | A formal assessment of a worker's job performance by his/her supervisor that lets the worker know how to s/he is doing the job. |
| Recruiting | Seeking out and attracting qualified potential employees. |
| Staffing | A human resources management activity that involves recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orienting, and dealing with job changes for a company's employees. |
| Professional Development | Steps that an individual takes to enhance or improve skills or traits that are needed to excel in her/his career/profession. |
| Strategic Management | The process of planning, controlling, and organizing and organization or department. |
| Strategic Planning | Long-range planning (three to five years) for the company as a whole. |
| Telecommute | Tow work from a location other that the office. |