Englisch Sem. 4 HRM
Englisch HSLU 4. Semester
Englisch HSLU 4. Semester
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Cartes-fiches
the ability to do sth well; "Fertigkeit"
skill
person who speaks in the name of others or officiallly; "Sprecher"; COMPARE: .....woman
spokesman
1. provide an organisation with employees (VERB); 2. people who work for an organization, often used for white-collar workers (NOUN)
staff
job which is not integrated into the line of command, but involves a service function for line positions; "Stabstelle"
staff position
person with a non-financial or financial interest in a company
stakeholder
scheme giving managers the possibility to buy a number of their company's shares at a fixed price during a stated period of time (if the price rises, they can make money)
stock option plan
act of stopping work because of a strike or breakdown of equipment - usually of short duration; "Arbeitsunterbrechung"; "Betriebsstörung"
stoppage
person below another in the company hierarchy; "unterstellter Mitarbeiter"
subordinate
person that comes after and takes the place of sb; "Nachfolger"
successor
scheme for collecting workers' ideas to improve a company's operations; "Briefkasten für Verbesserungsvorschläge"
suggestion box
institutionalised possibility for employees to suggest improvements in the way things are done; "betriebliches Vorschlagswesen"
suggestion scheme
person above another in the company hierarchy; "Vorgesetzter"
superior
a person in charge of several other (usually blue-collar) workers (in a supervisory position); "Aufsichtsperson"
supervisor
temporarily forbid someone from working, usually for disciplinary reasons (followed either by dismissal or reinstatement); "aussetzen"; "suspendieren"
suspend
hire/employ new staff; to accept new responsibilities; "einstellen"; "anstellen"
take on
end (especially a contract); "beenden"
terminate
time away from work as a result of illness or other cause; absence; "Abwesenheit"
time off
group of workers organised together in order to bargain with management about conditions of employment; "Gewerkschaft"
trade union
move an employee to a different job, department, branch, etc.; "überwechseln"; "umteilen"
transfer
number of employees in a company being replaced each year, expressed as a percentage of the whole workforce; "Fluktuation"
turnover
situation in which there are not enough jobs available for all the people looking for them; "Arbeitslosigkeit"
unemployment
move up to a higher level; "höher einstufen"
upgrade
empty/vacant position in a company that requires to be filled; "offene Stelle"; ALSO: "leere Hotelzimmer"
vacancy
make sb suffer unfairly, esp because one does not like them or their opinions; "ungerecht behandeln"; "schickanieren"
victimise
type of work that a person has an ability for; "Berufung"
vocation
money paid (per hour or day or week) to manual workers; "Lohn"; COMPARE: (monthly) salary
wage
the good health, happiness, comfort, etc of a person or group; "Wohlfahrt"
welfare
public revelation of something considered to be wrong in a company, e.g. corruption, or health or safety problems; "Verpfeifung"
whistle-blowing
someone working in an office or holding a management position
white-collar worker
total number of workers; "Belegschaft"
workforce
general state of the place where people work, including things like noise level, hazardous conditions, heat, the relations between workers and management, etc.
working conditions
all the physical and psychological elements that affect the way employees feel about their workplace; "Arbeitsumfeld"
working environment
the length of time (and starting and finishing times) employees have to work per week (or longer period)
working hours
agreement among union members to do only the minimum amount of work required by their contracts of employment; "Dienst nach Vorschrift"
work-to-rule
