Free HR, HRM & HRIS Glossary
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HR Glossary Terms
- 3
- 360 degree feedback surveys
- A
- Abandonment rates
- Absenteeism policy
- Administrative services only (ASO)
- Adverse impact
- Affirmative action
- Affirmative action plan (AAP)
- Ageism
- Agent (insurance)
- Agile organisation
- Algorithmic accountability
- Algorithmic transparency
- Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Annual leave
- Annual leave entitlements
- Annual leave loading
- Anti-discrimination
- API (Application Programming Interface)
- Applicant
- Applicant tracking software
- Applicant tracking system (ATS)
- Application form
- Application service provider (ASP)
- Appointment schedule
- Apprentice
- Apprenticeship
- Artificial intelligence
- Attrition
- B
- Back pay
- Background screening / pre-employment screening
- Balanced scorecard
- Bargaining representative
- Base pay
- Base rate
- Base remuneration
- Basic competencies
- Behavioural competency
- Behavioural risk management
- Behavioural-based interview
- Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)
- Benchmark job
- Benchmarking
- Benefits
- Benefits administration
- Benefits package
- Bereavement leave
- Best practice
- Best practice policy
- Big Data
- Blended workforce
- Blind engagement
- Blog
- Bonus
- Brain drain
- Branding
- Broadbanding
- Broker
- Bullying
- Bumping
- Business continuity planning
- Business process outsourcing (BPO)
- Buzz marketing
- BYOD (bring your own device)
- C
- Cafeteria plan
- Candidate experience
- Candidate relationship marketing (CRM)
- Capability assessment tools
- Captitated pricing
- Career path
- Carrier
- Carve-out
- Casual employee
- Change management
- Change programme
- Chatbots (bots)
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Chief Technical Officer
- CIO
- Climate Surveys
- Cloud based HR Software
- Cloud computing
- Co-employment
- Coaching
- Code of conduct
- Code of ethics
- Code of practice
- Cognitive ability testing
- Cognitive computing
- Collective bargaining
- Commission, sales
- Compensation
- Compensatory time-off plan (also, “time off in lieu”)
- Competency modelling
- Competency-based pay
- Competency-based training
- Competitive advantage
- Compliance
- Conditions of employment
- Confidentiality agreement
- Configurability
- Constructive dismissal
- Consultant
- Contingency recruiting
- Contingent staff
- Contract for service
- Contract of service
- Conversion rate
- Core competencies
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Cost-per-hire
- Crowdsourcing
- Curriculum vitae
- D
- Data breach
- Deep learning
- Deferred compensation
- Defined benefit plan
- Defined contribution
- Deregulation
- Developmental counselling
- Direct marketing
- Disability
- Disability income insurance
- Disciplinary procedure
- Discrimination
- Disease management
- Distance learning
- Distributive bargaining
- Diversity
- Diversity training
- Domestic HRM
- Dual labour markets
- Due diligence
- E
- E-learning
- E-recruitment
- Early Return to Work program (also, graduated return to work)
- Emotional intelligence
- Employee
- Employee advocacy/employer advocacy
- Employee assessments
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Employee engagement program
- Employee exit survey
- Employee expense management
- Employee management software
- Employee onboarding software
- Employee onboarding surveys
- Employee recruitment software
- Employee relations
- Employee retention
- Employee scheduling software
- Employee self service
- Employer brand
- Employer value proposition
- Employment at will
- Empowerment
- Enterprise compensation management
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Equity theory
- Executive coaching
- Executive compensation
- Executive search
- Exit interview
- Expatriate
- Expatriates
- F
- Factor comparison
- Flexible work arrangements
- Forced ranking
- Freedom of association
- Freemium
- Full-time equivalent
- Functional job analysis
- G
- Gag clause
- Gamification
- Gender pay gap
- General agents
- General manager
- Generation X
- Generation Y
- Generation Z
- Genetic-based discrimination
- Geographic differential
- Glass ceiling
- Global Human Resource Management
- Goals/goal setting
- Good faith bargaining
- Grievance
- Gross misconduct
- Group dynamics
- H
- Harassment
- Hawthorne Effect
- Hierarchy of needs
- Host-country
- Host-country nationals (HCNs)
- Hosted delivery model
- HR audit
- HR compliance
- HR generalist
- HR software
- Human capital
- Human capital management
- Human Capital Management Software-as-a-Service (HCM SaaS)
- Human resource information system (HRIS)
- Human resource management system (HRMS)
- Human resource outsourcing
- I
- In-house solutions
- Incentive pay
- Incidence rate
- Independent contractor
- Indirect compensation
- Individual employment agreement
- Industrial psychology
- Industrial relations
- Injunctive relief
- Instructional design
- Intangible rewards
- International HRM
- Internet of things (IoT)
- ISO 9000
- ISO 9001, 9004
- J
- Job analysis
- Job board
- Job classification
- Job description
- Job evaluation
- Johari window
- K
- Key performance indicators (KPIs)
- KSAs
- L
- Labour force participation
- Labour market
- Leadership development
- Learning management systems (LMS)
- Learning style
- Leave management
- LIFO (last in, first out)
- Loyalty programs
- Lump sum payment
- M
- Machine learning
- Managed care
- Managed service provider
- Management by objective
- Marketing PR
- Matrix organisation
- mCommerce
- Mean wage
- Median wage
- Mediation services
- Mentoring
- Merit pay
- Millennials
- Minimum wage
- Mission statement
- Mobile recruiting
- Momtrepreneur
- MOOC (massive open online course)
- Morale
- Motivational theories
- Multitenant
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- N
- Natural-language processing (NLP)
- Negotiation
- Nepotism
- Newsjacking
- Non-disclosure agreement
- Non-traditional employment
- Non-traditional vs traditional employee benefits
- O
- Observation interview
- Offshoring
- Onboarding
- One-way interviews
- Open-book management
- Organic search results
- Organisational culture
- Organisational development
- Orientation
- Outplacement
- Outsourcing
- P
- Parent or Home country
- Parent-country nationals (PCNs)
- Pareto chart
- Part-time employee
- Pay-per-click (PPC)
- Pay-per-impression
- Payroll processing
- Payroll software
- Payroll software service
- Peer appraisal
- People
- Performance appraisal
- Performance management
- Performance management software
- Performance planning
- Performance review
- Plan sponsor
- Platform economy
- Position
- Position description
- Position review
- Positive Culture and respectful workplace survey
- Predictive analytics
- Probation
- Professional employer organisation (PEO)
- Protected concerted activity
- Q
- Quality management
- Quantified self
- R
- Random testing
- Recruitment
- Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)
- Redundancy
- Remote working
- Replacement charts
- Reporting suite
- Reputation management
- Request for proposal (RFP)
- Resignation
- Restrictive covenant
- Retention strategy
- Retrenchment
- Return on investment (ROI)
- Reverse mentoring
- Right to manage
- Risk management
- Rotational training
- RSS (Real Simple Syndication)
- S
- Scalability
- Scheduled time-off (planned leave)
- Search engine optimisation (SEO)
- Self-funded insurance plan / self-insured plan
- Self-service HR
- Sensitivity training
- Sex discrimination
- Sexual harassment
- Short-term disability
- SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)
- Situational leadership
- Six Sigma
- Skill
- Skills gap
- Social collaboration
- Social currency
- Social HR
- Social marketing workflows
- Social media
- Social media background screening
- Social networking
- Social recruitment
- Software as a service (SaaS)
- Sourcing
- SPHR (Senior professional in human resources)
- Staffing
- Strategic HRM
- Strategic planning
- Subscription solutions
- Succession planning
- Summary dismissal
- Supervisor
- Suspension
- System of record
- Systemic discrimination
- T
- Talent management
- Talent pooling
- Tangible rewards
- Team building
- Temporary employee
- Third–country nationals (TCNs)
- Time and attendance software
- Total compensation
- Total quality management
- Total remuneration
- Training
- Training needs analysis
- Transformational leadership
- Transitional employment
- Turnover
- U
- Unconscious bias
- Underwriter
- Unemployed
- Unexpected time off (unplanned leave)
- Unfair dismissal
- Unfair selection
- Union
- V
- Video interview
- Viral marketing
- Virtual HR
- Voluntary benefits
- Volunteerism
- W
- Wage drift
- Wellness program
- Whistle-blower
- Work-life balance
- Work-life employee benefits
- Workers compensation
- Workforce
- Workforce analysis
- Workforce management (WFM)
- Workforce management software
- Workforce planning
- Working capital management
- Wrongful dismissal / wrongful termination
- X
- XML and HR-XML (Extensible markup language)
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