Organizational Culture

The specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization.

Orientation

The introduction of employees to their jobs, co-workers, and the organization by providing them with information regarding such items as policies, procedures, company history, goals, culture, and work rules.

Outplacement

The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by providing professional services, such as job counselling, training and assistance paid for by the former employer as a benefit.

Outsourcing

Outsourcing is the process in which a company delegates some of its in-house operations/processes to a third party. Outsourcing is different from contracting. In contracting, generally the ownership or control of the operation/process being contracted lies with the parent company, whereas in outsourcing the control of the process is with the third party and not with the parent company. In a HR context, a contractual agreement between an employer and an external third party provider whereby the employer transfers responsibility and management for certain HR, benefit or training related functions or services to the external provider.

Peer Appraisal

A performance appraisal strategy, where an employee is reviewed by his/her peers, who have sufficient opportunity, scope and expertise to examine the individual's job performance.

Performance Improvement Plan

Performance Improvement Plan is a tool to monitor and measure the deficient work processes and/or behaviours of a particular employee or an unit in order to improve performance or modify behaviour. It is used when a performance problem (usually of an employee) has been identified and ways to improve the performance of an employee are being searched.

Performance Management

A process of identifying, evaluating and developing the work performance of employees in an organization, in order that organizational objectives are more effectively achieved and understood by employees.

In its broader scope, Performance management is the process of creating a work environment or setting in which people are enabled to perform to the best of their abilities. Performance management begins when a job is defined as needed and ends when an employee leaves the organization.

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