Human resources, the Glossary
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy.[1]
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56 relations: Acqui-hiring, Activity-based working, Background check, British Airways, Business administration, Business sector, Chief human resources officer, Company, Compensating differential, Compensation and benefits, Cooperation, Database, Discrimination, E. Wight Bakke, Economy, Elton Mayo, Employee benefits, Employee offboarding, Employment, France, Germany, Goods, HR Metric, Human capital, Human resource accounting, Human resource management, Human Resources Development Convention, 1975, Industrial and organizational psychology, International Labour Organization, Invoice, ISO 9000 family, Job interview, John Henry Patterson (NCR owner), John R. Commons, Labor mobility, Labour economics, Labour is not a commodity, Labour law, Labour power, Macromanagement, Management style, Motivation, NCR Voyix, Organization, Organizational culture, Organizational effectiveness, Payroll, Résumé, Reconciliation (United States Congress), Recruitment, ... Expand index (6 more) »
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Acqui-hiring
Acqui-hiring or Acq-hiring (a portmanteau of "acquisition" and "hiring", also called talent acquisition) is a neologism which describes the process of acquiring a company primarily to recruit its employees, rather than to gain control of its products or services.
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Activity-based working
Activity-based working (ABW) is an organizational strategic framework that recognizes that people often perform a variety of activities in their day-to-day work, and therefore need a variety of work settings supported by the right technology and culture to carry out these activities effectively.
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Background check
A background check is a process a person or company uses to verify that an individual is who they claim to be, and this provides an opportunity to check and confirm the validity of someone's criminal record, education, employment history, and other activities from their past.
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British Airways
British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom.
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Business administration
Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise.
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Business sector
In economics, the business sector or corporate sector - sometimes popularly called simply "business" - is "the part of the economy made up by companies".
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Chief human resources officer
A chief human resources officer (CHRO) or chief people officer (CPO) is a corporate officer who oversees all aspects of human resource management and industrial relations policies, practices and operations for an organization. Human resources and chief human resources officer are human resource management.
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Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective.
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Compensating differential
Wage differential is a term used in labour economics to analyze the relation between the wage rate and the unpleasantness, risk, or other undesirable attributes of a particular job.
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Compensation and benefits
Compensation and benefits (C&B) is a sub-discipline of human resources, focused on employee compensation and benefits policy-making. Human resources and compensation and benefits are human resource management.
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Cooperation
Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English and, with a varied usage along time, coöperation) takes place when a group of organisms works or acts together for a collective benefit to the group as opposed to working in competition for selfish individual benefit.
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Database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.
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Discrimination
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation.
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E. Wight Bakke
Edward Wight Bakke (November 13, 1903 – November 23, 1971) was an American sociology and economics professor at Yale University who achieved prominence in the field of industrial relations.
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Economy
An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services.
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Elton Mayo
George Elton Mayo (26 December 1880 – 7 September 1949) was an Australian born psychologist, industrial researcher, and organizational theorist.
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Employee benefits
Employee benefits and benefits in kind (especially in British English), also called fringe benefits, perquisites, or perks, include various types of non-wage compensation provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries.
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Employee offboarding
Employee offboarding describes the separation process when an employee leaves a company. Human resources and employee offboarding are human resource management.
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Employment
Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Goods
In economics, goods are items that satisfy human wantsQuotation from Murray Milgate, 2008, "Goods and Commodities".
HR Metric
Human Resource (HR) metrics are measurements used to determine the value and effectiveness of HR initiatives, typically including such areas as turnover, training, return on human capital, costs of labor, and expenses per employee. Human resources and hR Metric are human resource management.
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Human capital
Human capital or human assets is a concept used by economists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process. Human resources and human capital are human resource management.
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Human resource accounting
Human Resource Accounting (HRA) is the process of identifying and reporting investments made in the human resources of an organisation that are presently unaccounted for in the conventional accounting practice. Human resources and human resource accounting are human resource management.
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Human resource management
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage.
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Human Resources Development Convention, 1975
Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
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Industrial and organizational psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) "focuses the lens of psychological science on a key aspect of human life, namely, their work lives.
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International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards.
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Invoice
An invoice, bill or tab is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer relating to a sale transaction and indicating the products, quantities, and agreed-upon prices for products or services the seller had provided the buyer.
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ISO 9000 family
The ISO 9000 family is a set of five quality management systems (QMS) standards by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that help organizations ensure they meet customer and other stakeholder needs within statutory and regulatory requirements related to a product or service.
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Job interview
A job interview is an interview consisting of a conversation between a job applicant and a representative of an employer which is conducted to assess whether the applicant should be hired.
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John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)
John Henry Patterson (December 13, 1844May 7, 1922) was an American industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company.
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John R. Commons
John Rogers Commons (October 13, 1862 – May 11, 1945) was an American institutional economist, Georgist, progressive and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Labor mobility
Labor or worker mobility is the geographical and occupational movement of workers.
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Labour economics
Labour economics, or labor economics, seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour.
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Labour is not a commodity
"Labour is not a commodity" is the principle expressed in the preamble to the International Labour Organization's founding documents. Human resources and Labour is not a commodity are human resource management.
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Labour law
Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government.
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Labour power
Labour power (Arbeitskraft; force de travail) is the capacity to do work, a key concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy.
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Macromanagement
Macromanagement is a style of leadership that is hands-off or from afar, allowing employees to have more freedom and control over their own work, while employers may shift their focus to strategic long-term goals.
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Management style
Management consists of the planning, prioritizing, and organizing work efforts to accomplish objectives within a business organization.
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Motivation
Motivation is an internal state that propels individuals to engage in goal-directed behavior.
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NCR Voyix
NCR Voyix Corporation, previously known as NCR Corporation and National Cash Register, is an American software, consulting and technology company providing several professional services and electronic products.
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Organization
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose.
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Organizational culture
Organizational culture refers to culture related to organizations including schools, universities, not-for-profit groups, government agencies, and business entities. Human resources and Organizational culture are human resource management.
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Organizational effectiveness
Organizational effectiveness is a concept organizations use to gauge how effective they are at reaching intended outcomes.
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Payroll
A payroll is a list of employees of a company who are entitled to receive compensation as well as other work benefits, as well as the amounts that each should obtain.
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Résumé
A résumé, sometimes spelled resume (or alternatively resumé), is a document created and used by a person to present their background, skills, and accomplishments.
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Reconciliation (United States Congress)
Budget reconciliation is a special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress set up to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate.
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Recruitment
Recruitment is the overall process of identifying, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, and interviewing candidates for jobs (either permanent or temporary) within an organization. Human resources and Recruitment are human resource management.
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A social skill is any competence facilitating interaction and communication with others where social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways.
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Society for Human Resource Management
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is a professional human resources membership association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Human resources and Society for Human Resource Management are human resource management.
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Talent management
Talent management (TM) is the anticipation of required human capital for an organization and the planning to meet those needs. Human resources and Talent management are human resource management.
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Welfare
Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.
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Work (human activity)
Work or labour (or labor in American English) is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community.
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Workforce
In macroeconomics, the labor force is the sum of those either working (i.e., the employed) or looking for work (i.e., the unemployed): \text.
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See also
Resources
- Antero Resources
- Distributive justice
- Global resources dividend
- Human resources
- Natural resource valuation
- Natural resources
- Pre-modern forest conservation practices in Southern Nigeria
- Resource
- Resource (biology)
- Resource allocation
- Resource efficiency
- Resource nationalism
- Resource war
- Stewardship
- System resource
- Web resource
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resources
Also known as Compensation professional, E-HR, Electronic Human Resources, Human Resource Planning, Human Resources Development, Human resource, Human resource managers, Man power, Manpower, Personnel department, Personnel development, Personnel director, Personnel manager.
, Social skills, Society for Human Resource Management, Talent management, Welfare, Work (human activity), Workforce.