Post Vocabulary Alpha 2016 Pt. 1 Flashcards
Accounts payable
Money an organization owes its vendors and suppliers.
Accounts receivable
Money an organization’s customers owe the organization.
ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Amendments to U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act covering the definition of individuals regarded as having a disability, mitigating measures, and other rules of construction to guide the analysis of what constitutes a disability.
ADDIE model
Five-step instructional design process that governs the development of learning programs.
Adverse impact
Type of discrimination that results when a neutral policy has a discriminatory effect; also known as disparate impact.
Affinity diagramming
Data sorting technique in which a group categorizes and subcategorizes data until relationships are clearly drawn.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
U.S. act that prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of age.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Umbrella term used to describe a number of problem-solving and grievance resolution approaches.
Amendment
Modification of the U.S. Constitution or a U.S. law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
U.S. act that prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of his/her disability.
Andragogy
Study of how adults learn.
Applicant tracking software (ATS)
Software that provides an automated way for organizations to manage the recruiting process.
Apprenticeship
Related to technical skills training; often a partnership between employers and unions.
Arbitration
Procedure in which disputes are submitted to one or more impartial persons for final determination.
Assessment centers
Assessment tools that provide candidates a wide range of leadership situations and problem-solving exercises.
Assets
Financial, physical, and sometimes intangible properties an organization owns.
Assignees
Employees who work outside their home countries.
Auditory learners
People who learn best by relying on their sense of hearing.
Authentic leadership
Leadership grounded in an individual’s values and principles and focused on empowering others to act.
Balanced scorecard
Measurement approach that provides an overall picture of an organization’s performance as measured against goals in finance, customers, internal business processes, and learning and growth.
Balance sheet
Statement that reports the financial position of the organization at a specific point in time; shows assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity.
Behavioral interview
Type of interview that focuses on how applicants previously handled real situations.
Benchmarking
Process that compares performance levels and/or processes of one entity with those of another to identify performance gaps and set goals aimed at improving performance.
Benefits
Payments or services provided to employees to cover issues such as retirement, health care, sick pay/disability schemes, life insurance, and paid time off.