Human resources are a set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. They have many responsibilities related to the hiring, transferring, promoting and terminating employees in a company. When you want a job, and for example you apply somewhere, it's the team of human resources who will do all the work to make you have an interview and make sure everything go well until you're engaged. It's the same thing when you want to quit your job. Someone who works in human resources will also have to deal with the payroll and other administration task or will have to solve problem if there are personal problems between co-workers. This glossary can help you if you want to have a career in that sector. You will easily be able to talk about this job if you read more, so take a look about it!
administration
noun
The process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.
Example: It is also intended to involve these section leaders in the standardization of insurance administration across the various types before the new processes are re-engineered and presented to the workforce.
fr: administration
benefits
noun
An advantage or profit gained from something.
Example: There are many factors that could affect the production of the division and it is wise to weigh the costs and benefits of all the alternatives available in order to decide which move will be most beneficial.
fr: avantages
company
noun
A commercial business.
Example: Under the new rules a company, must: Identify what its reporting units will be to test goodwill for impairment.
fr: compagnie
competitive
adjective
As good as or better than others of a comparable nature.
Example: In over employment, employees are expected to work more hours in competitive work environments.
fr: compétitif
development
noun
The process of developing or being developed.
Example: Regional Government Offices for the Regions, Regional development Agencies, Regional Assemblies, Regional Chambers, regional quangos, regional interests.
fr: développement
discrimination
noun
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Example: In addition, the conditions associated with obesity is: Heart Disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Osteoarthritis, Gallstones, Lipid disorders, High blood pressure, Respiratory problems, Depression and Social discrimination.
fr: discrimination
employee
noun
A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non executive level.
Example: This will be caused by more regulations and guidelines from governments for companies and their employee's needs.
fr: employé
gain
verb
Obtain or secure (something desired, favorable, or profitable).
Example: We know that the rich often attempted to gain power, status and popularity through 'liturgies' (sponsoring certain events or projects that would benefit the city) which acted as examples of their generosity and worthiness of the public's trust.
fr: gagner
human
noun
A human being, especially a person as distinguished from an animal or (in science fiction) an alien.
Example: The Appellants argue that this contravenes Article 8(1) (Right to life) and 14 (Prohibition of Discrimination) of the European Convention of human Rights (ECHR).
fr: humain
inclusion
noun
The action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure.
Example: In somewhat of an aside, we felt that would make a good candidate for inclusion in the Expert Patient Programme 7, 8.
fr: inclusion
industrial
adjective
Relating to or characterized by industry.
Example: The Venetian patriciate had, in the main, moved out of trade, although it is necessary to remember that a significant minority of noble families did still participate in mercantile and more importantly industrial activities during this period, most notably in the production of woollen cloth, soap and glass.
fr: industriel
management
noun
The process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
Example: Management Managers would have the majority of control in the running of the shop.
fr: la gestion
organization
noun
An organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, etc.
Example: The long-term health of an organization depends on having some products that generate cash and provide acceptable profits plus others that use cash to support growth.
fr: organisation
ownership
noun
The act, state, or right of possessing something.
Example: A study that I found particularly interesting was the one conducted by Krueger in 1991 8 titled "ownership's, agency, and wages: An examination of franchising in the fast food industry."
fr: la possession
productivity
noun
The effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.
Example: Backman noted that occupational therapists have defined occupational balance as a 'necessary or satisfactory balance across the performance areas of self-care, productivity and leisure' (2004:202), occupational imbalance being the opposite.
fr: productivité
resources
noun
A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.
Example: My objective in this report is to explain how I have adapted the main functions of management to suit my business and make the most of the resources available to me.
fr: ressources
services
noun
A system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water.
Example: If just 1% of these visitors were to stay for one night, this would add a further 27,000 bed-nights" (Bath Spa Project, 2004). 3.0 The range of tourist facilities, attractions, and services available and the role they play in any visit 3.1 Attractions Attractions play the most important role in tourism in both Oxford and Bath.
fr: services
systems
noun
A set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized framework or method.
Example: Shakespeare, op.cit.,i.3, 18-19, p63 Dollimore, op.cit., p.viii Shakespeare, op.cit., V.2, 343, p.179 Sinfield, op.cit.,p.808 Tennenhouse believes politics and gender are inter-linked; Shakespeare's tragedies invariably show us how a separation of politics and sexuality into different systems... produces political disorder and the breakdown of relationships..if such a separation were actually possible.
fr: systèmes
technological
adjective
Relating to or using technology.
Example: The Merrimac proved to be very successful until the north caught up with the first and last major technological advancement the south would make.
fr: technologique
training
noun
The action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior.
Example: Moreover, legislation, including the 1858 Medical Registration Act, openly refused the admission of women into medical training at universities.
