Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Glossary for HR

Behavioral competency

The behavior of the employee which is the subject of measurement and appraisal in terms of whether or not the behaviors shown by an employee are those identified by job analysis/competency profiling as those contributing to team and/or organizational success.

Benchmarking

A technique using quantitative or qualitative data to make comparisons between different organizations or different sections of the organizations.

Bereavement leave

Paid days off following the death of an employee’s spouse, parent, child grandparent or in-law so that the employee may attend funeral proceedings, etc.

Branding

The process of identifying and differentiating an organization’s products, processes or services from another organization by giving it a name, phrase or other mark.