Effectively managing a skilled work force is an important part of many business careers. Managers need to bring out the best in their employees, while being aware of the rules, company policies, and human resources regulations that are a constant in the modern business environment. And in all of this, business managers also must drive their teams to achieve company objectives and corporate goals. A reference for today's business managers, this web site provides quick and useful tips designed to help the modern business manager achieve success. Business professionals can find management advice on topics like:
Covering nearly 2,000 management topics, this quick reference is designed for human resources professionals, middle management, executive leaders, and "rank-and-file" employees who want fast, accurate information on any management concept.
ability to pay, absenteeism, academic journal, ACAS, accident book, accidents at work, accreditation for prior learning (APL), acculturation, Acquired Rights Directive, acquisition, action learning, action short of a strike, action short of dismissal, activist, additional voluntary contributions (AVCs), adhocracy, adjourning, administrative expert, adoption leave, adviser, Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service (ACAS), aesthetic work, affective commitment, affirmative action, age discrimination, age diversity, ageism, agency labour, agency theory, age regulations…
Confederation of British Industry (CBI), configurational model, conflict, conflict resolution, conformist innovation, conglomerate, consolidation, constitutional, constructive dismissal, consultant, consultation, consultative, consumer boycott, consumer reports, content theories of motivation, content validity, contestation, contingency theory, contingent pay, contingent work, contingent workforce, continuance commitment, continuous improvement, continuous learning, continuous professional development, contract at will, contract compliance, contract of employment, contracts manager model, contrast effect, controlled autonomy, convenor, convergence, cooling-off period…
ethnic penalty, ethnocentric management, ethnocentrism, eurocommuter, European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (Centre Européen de l'Entreprise—CEEP), European Company Statute, European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), European Court of Justice (ECJ), European Employment Strategy, European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO), European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), European Works Council (EWC), Eurosclerosis, everyday racism, executive coaching, executive mentoring, executive pay, executive search consultants (popularly known as headhunters)…
industrial dispute, industrial injury, industrial relations (IR), industrial relations system, Industrial Tribunal, industrial union, industry bargaining, industry training board (ITB), inflow, Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations (ICE), Information Commissioner, infringement proceedings, in-house agency, injunction, innovation strategy, inpatriation, input-based pay, inside-out, insourcing, Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD), Institute of Personnel Management, institutional discrimination, institutional racism, instruction to discriminate, instrumentalism, integrated pay structure, integrative bargaining…
myths, National Insurance Contributions (NICs), National Minimum Wage (NMW), National Reform Plan, National Skills Academy, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), natural wastage, nearshoring, needs theory, negative reinforcement, negligence, negotiation of order, negotiation track, neo-corporatism, neo-Fordism, neoliberalism, nepotism, networking, New Deal, New Earnings Survey (NES), new pay, new racism or modern racism, New Realism, new service management school, new-style agreement, night work, night worker, nine-to-five…
reasonable adjustment, reasonableness (1), reasonableness (2), recency bias, recession fatigue, recognition, recruitment, recruitment advertising, recruitment consultants, recruitment freeze, red-circling, redeployment, red tape, redundancy, redundancy agreement, redundancy consultation, redundancy pay, redundancy procedure, re-engagement, re-engineering tsar, re-entry shock, reference checks, reference letters, reflective practitioner, refreezing (in relation to Lewin's change theory), regime competition, regime shopping, regiocentric management, regulation theory, regulator, rehabilitation…
suggestion scheme, summary dismissal, Sunday work, supervision, supervisor, supervisory board, Supported Employment Programme, surplus value, surveillance, survivor envy, survivor syndrome, suspension, sustained competitive advantage, sweating, sweatshop, sweetheart deal, sword of justice, SWOT analysis, syndicalism, synergy, table stakes, tacit skills, take-home pay, takeover, talent, talking the talk but not walking the walk, tall structure, tax efficiency, Taylorism, team, team-based pay, team briefing, team leader, team roles…
