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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
Human resources
value-added work
Business services; Human resources
Work to increase the value of a service or product.
vacation buy-back plan
Business services; Human resources
Whereby employees can sell back unused vacation days to employers.
made redundant
Business services; Human resources
The permanent termination of employment of an employee or a group of employees.
Hawthorne effect
Business services; Human resources
A term produced as a result of an experiment conducted by Elton Mayo whereby he concluded that expressing concern for employees and treating them in a manner which fulfils their basic human needs and ...
Hierarchy of needs
Business services; Human resources
A psychology theory ascribed to Abraham H. Maslow in which he proposed that people will constantly seek to have their basic needs (sleep, food, water, shelter, etc.) fulfilled and that such needs ...
Human capital
Business services; Human resources
The collective knowledge, skills and abilities of an organization’s employees.
Incentive pay
Business services; Human resources
Additional compensation used to motivate and to reward employees for exceeding performance or productivity goals.
