HUMAN RESOURCES
AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
by Rawdon Wyatt
www.bloomsbury.com/reference First edition published 2005 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB
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Introduction
Who is this book for?
This book has been written for anyone working, or planning to work, in human resources and personnel management, and who wants to develop their vocabulary for this line of work. The various exercises throughout the book focus on the key vocabulary that you would expect to understand and use on a day-to-day basis. The book is also useful for anyone working in other business-related areas (secretarial, administrative, accountancy, sales, business law, business management, etc) who wants to broaden their knowledge of business vocabulary.
Contents
Page: Title: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 36. Nouns 1 Nouns 2 Verbs 1 Verbs 2 Verbs 3 Adjectives 1 Adjectives 2 Wordbuilding 1 Wordbuilding 2 Wordbuilding 3 Wordbuilding 4 Prepositions Working words Formal words 1 Formal words 2 Word association 1 Word association 2 Word association 3 Word association 4 Word association 5 Two-word expressions 1 Two-word expressions 2 Phrasal verbs 1 Phrasal verbs 2 Phrasal verbs 3 Phrasal verbs 4 Idioms 1 Idioms 2 Idioms 3 Changes Over and under Page: Title: 38. 39. 41. 43. 44. 45. 46. 48. 49. 50. 52. 53. 55. 57. 59. 61. 63. 65. 67. 69. A career case history Abbreviations Company positions Recruitment advertising Job description Application forms The recruitment process Personal qualities Contract of employment Working hours Appraisals Rewards and benefits 1 Rewards and benefits 2 Holidays and other time off work Letters Industrial relations Health and safety Discipline and problems at work Personnel training and development Answers
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Nouns 1
There are 18 words connected with human resources in the box below. Use them to complete the sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example. assessment budget ceiling experience facilities forecast interview mediation mismanagement motivation objective peak potential predecessor retirement session stipulation supervision
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
peak
of his career.
This morning's staff development ____________________ will be held in the conference room. There are very good sports ___________________ on the company premises. Older staff are planning what they will do in ____________________. They made a complete ____________________ of each employee's contribution to the organisation. The company failed because of the chairman's ____________________ of capital assets. The applicant was pleasant and had the right qualifications, but unfortunately he did not have any relevant ____________________. Our main recruitment ____________________ is to have well-qualified staff. The dispute was ended through the ___________________ of union officials. Employees showing leadership ____________________ will be chosen for management training. He took over the job from his ____________________ last May. She is very experienced and can be left to work without any ____________________ What ___________________ has the government put on wage increases this year? The contract has a ____________________ that the new manager has to serve a three-month probationary period. I am going for an ____________________ for a new job next week. We need to draw up a ____________________ for salaries for the coming year. We believe that the sales manager's ____________________ of higher turnover next year is a bit optimistic. I think our sales staff lack ____________________. They don't seem very keen and haven't been working well recently. Nouns 2 on page 2 Wordbuilding 2 + 3 on pages 10, 11 and 12
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Also see:
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. For reference see Dictionary of Human Resources and Personnel Management (ISBN 0 7475 6623 2)
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