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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.
Contributors in Human resources
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Balanced scorecard
Business services; Human resources
A popular strategic management concept developed in the early 1990's by Drs. Robert Kaplan and David Norton, the balanced scorecard is a management and measurement system which enables organisations ...
Behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
Business services; Human resources
An appraisal that requires raters list important dimensions of a particular job and collect information regarding the critical behaviours that distinguish between successful and unsuccessful ...
Behavioural based interview
Business services; Human resources
An interview technique which focuses on a candidates past experiences, behaviors, knowledge, skills and abilities by asking the candidate to provide specific examples of when they have demonstrated ...
Behavioural competency
Business services; Human resources
The behaviour of the employee which is the subject of measurement and appraisal in terms of whether or not the behaviours shown by an employee are those identified by job analysis/competency ...
Benchmarking
Business services; Human resources
A technique using quantitative or qualitative data to make comparisons between different organisations or different sections of the organizations.
Bereavement leave
Business services; Human resources
Paid days off following the death of an employee’s spouse, parent, child grandparent or in-law so that the employee may attend funeral proceedings, etc.
Branding
Business services; Human resources
The process of identifying and differentiating an organization’s products, processes or services from another organisation by giving it a name, phrase or other mark.
