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Task Analysis
The systematic identification of the fundamental elements of a job, and examination of knowledge and skills required for the job’s performance; used for developing institutional objectives, training programs, and evaluation tools
On-The-Job (OTJ) Training
Means having a person learn a profession by actually doing it
Computer-Based Training
Refers to training methods that use interactive computer-based systems to increase knowledge or skills
Rebranding a Hotel
Establishing a new hotel by employing the same staff and management structure but with a new moral code
Job Analysis
The procedure for determining the duties and skill requirements of a particular job and the kind of person who should be hired for it
Job Description
A list of job’s duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships, working conditions, and supervisory reporting - one product of a job analysis
Job Specifications
A list of a job’s “human requirements,”
the necessary education, skills, personality, and so on - another product of job analysis
Go About Something
To continue to do something; to keep busy with something
Reactivity
The degree to which something reacts or is likely to react
Chronological
(A number of events) arranged in the order in which they happened
Incumbent
A person who has an official position
Job Summary / Job Description
-general nature of the job
-major functions/activities
Job identification/Job Description
-job title
-FLSA status section
-preparation date
-preparer
Off-The-Shelf
( of a product) not designed or made to order but taken from existing stock or supplies
Viable
That can be done; that will be capable of developing and surviving independently
E.g. viable candidates
Personnel Planning
The process of determining an organization’s human resource needs
Succession Planning
The process for identifying and developing new leaders who can replace old leaders when they retire or die
Initiative
A new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose
Institutionalize
*institutionalize somebody:
to send somebody who is not capable of living independently to live in a special building (= an institution) especially when it is for a long period of time
*institutionalize something:
To make something become part of an organized system, society or culture, so that it is considered normal
Metrics
A set of statistics used for measuring something, especially results that show how well a business, school, computer program is doing
Centralize
Centralize something
To give the control of a country or an organization to a group of people in one particular place
Foreknowledge
Knowledge of something before it happens
Discontent
Discontent(at/over/with something) a feeling of being unhappy because you are not satisfied with a particular situation; something that makes you have this feeling
The status quo
The situation as it is now, or as it was before a recent change
