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The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations.



Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies. Usually small businesses (for-profit or nonprofit) have to carry out these activities themselves because they can't yet afford part- or full-time help. However, they should always ensure that employees have -- and are aware of -- personnel policies which conform to current regulations. These policies are often in the form of employee manuals, which all employees have.



Note that some people distinguish a difference between HRM (a major management activity) and HRD (Human Resource Development, a profession). Those people might include HRM in HRD, explaining that HRD includes the broader range of activities to develop personnel inside of organizations, including, e.g.. career development, training, organization development, etc.



There is a long-standing argument about where HR-related functions should be organized into large organizations, e.g.. "should HR be in the Organization Development department or the other way around?"



The HRM function and HRD profession have undergone tremendous change over the past 20-30 years. Many years ago, large organizations looked to the "Personnel Department," mostly to manage the paperwork around hiring and paying people. More recently, organizations consider the "HR Department" as playing a major role in staffing, training and helping to manage people so that people and the organization are performing at maximum capability in a highly fulfilling manner.



Employee n. 雇员

Function n. 功能,函数,重大聚会vi.

Variety n. . 多样,种类,杂耍

Staff n. 全体人员,同事n. 杆,棒vt. 配备员工

Personnel n. 人员,职员a. 个人的,人事的

Benefit v.& n. 利益v. 获益

Manual n.& a. a. 手工的,体力的n. 手册,指南

Career n. 生涯,职业

Tremendous a. 巨大的,惊人的

Capability n. 能力,才能,性能,容量

Fulfill v. 完成,履行vt. 履行,完成

Manner n. 样子,礼貌,风格,方式



In other words

1). I got fired.

2). I got the boot.

3). I got the ax.

4). I got sacked./ I got the sack.

5). They kicked me out.

6). My boss showed me the door yesterday.

7). I was canceled.

8). I was laid off.

9). The boss told me that I don't have to come in tomorrow, or any other day.　

10). My boss told me to find a "better" job. 　



HR slang

As a HR professional, there are some useful slang that can be very handy in your daily work. Let's check them out.

Hey, what are you up to? I'm waiting for your shift chart for days!

No matter what you think, the bottom line is we are not transferring Jerry to Guangzhou.

The new CFO was sent to bring the company out of the red.

He suggested we should go to have night snack together after graveyard shift.

I refuse to work overtime during the weekend.

If you pay me double time, I will do it.

I am only a regular 9-to-5er.

Some workers called in sick to have a strike.

I just heard that seven people are going be laid off next month.

Cisco issues a profit warning, plans layoffs.

Cindy, are you in the middle of something? I need you to go over these candidates' resumes with me.



Oughta know Basic HR Vocabulary

(Human Resource Management, HRM)

( human resource manager)

(executive)

(profession)

(ethics)

(operative employees)

(specialist)

(the Human Resource Certification Institute，HRCI)



(external environment)

(internal environment)

(policy)

(corporate culture)

(mission)

(shareholders)

(informal organization)

(multinational corporation，MNC)

(managing diversity)



(job)

(posting)

(job analysis)

(job description)

(job specification)

(job analysis schedule，JAS)

(Management Position Description Questionnaire，MPDQ)

(executive secretary)

(assistant district service manager)



(Human Resource Planning，HRP)

(strategic planning)

(long term trend)

(requirement forecast)

(availability forecast)

(management inventory)

(downsizing)

(Human Resource Information System，HRIS)



(recruitment)

(employee requisition)

(recruitment methods)

(Promotion From Within ，PFW)

(job posting)

(advertising)

(employment agency)

(special events)

(internship)

(selection)

(selection rate)

(resume)

(standardization)

(validity)

(objectivity)

(norm)

(cutoff score)

(aiming)

(job knowledge tests)

(employment interview)

(unstructured interview)

(structured interview)

(group interview)

(vocational interest tests)

(board interview)



组织变化与人力资源开发

(Human Resource Development，HRD)

(training)

(development)

(orientation)

(coaching)

(mentoring)

(business games)

(case study)

(conference method)

(role playing)

(job rotating)

(on-the-job training ，OJT)

(media)



企业文化与组织发展

(corporate culture)

(organization development，OD)

(survey feedback)

(quality circles)

(management by objective，MBO)

(Total Quality Management，TQM)

(team building)



职业计划与发展

(career)

(career planning)

(career path)

(career development)

(self-assessment)

(career anchors)



绩效评价

(Performance Appraisal，PA)

(group appraisal)

(rating scales method)

(critical incident method)

(ranking method)

(paired comparison)

(forced distribution method)

(halo error)

(leniency)

(strictness)

(360-degree feedback)

(essay method)

(central tendency)



报酬与福利

(compensation)

(direct financial compensation)

(indirect financial compensation)

(no financial compensation)

(equity)

(external equity)

(internal equity)

(employee equity)

(team equity)

(pay leaders)

(going rate)

(pay followers)

(labor market)

(job evaluation)

(ranking method)

(classification method)

(factor comparison method)

(point method)

(Hay Guide Chart-profile Method)

(job pricing)

(pay grade)

(wage curve)

(pay range)



福利和其它报酬问题

(employee stock ownership plan-ESOP)

(shift differential)

(incentive compensation)

(profit sharing)



安全与健康的工作环境

(safety)

(health)

(frequency rate)

(stress)

(role conflict)

(hypnosis)

(alcoholism)



员工和劳动关系

(union)

(local union)

(craft union)

(industrial union)

(national union)

(bargaining union)

(collective bargaining)

(arbitration)

(strike)

(internal employee relations)

(discipline)

(disciplinary action)

(grievance)

(demotion)

(transfer)

(promotion)



假期

(Sick Leaves)

(Casual Leaves)

(Condolence Leaves)

(Maternity Leave)

Vacation Leave)

(Compensatory leave)

(Special Travel Leave for Out-Station)

(Annual leave)
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