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Directory of HR Terms Courtesy Jobnet's Job Consultants List  in India

behavioural referring to behaviour (NOTE: the usual US spelling is behavioral)

behavioural interview a type of interview that aims to find out how applicants have behaved in the past when faced with the kind of situations they might meet in the job they are being interviewed for

behaviourally achored rating scales a method of appraising performance based on typical performance criteria set for each individual member of staff. Abbr BARS

behavioural modelling 1. a process that tries to capture skills that people possess or use unconsciously in a form that makes it possible to teach those skills to others 2. a technique used in skills training that involves encouraging somebody to imitate what another person does and then to retain the skill or type of behaviour they have learned from that other person

behavioural sciences sciences which study human behaviour, such as sociology and psychology

behaviour expectation rate same as behaviourally anchored rating scales

benchmark 1. a point or level which is important, and can be used as a reference when making evaluations or assessments 2. a standard used to measure performance (NOTE: a benchmark was originally a set of computer programs that was used to measure how well a particular computer performed in comparison with similar models)

benchmarking the practice of measuring the performance of a company against the performance of other companies in the same sector.

benchmark job a job used as a measure of performance

beneficiary a person who gains money from something * the beneficiaries of a will

benefit 1. payments which are made to someone under a national or a private insurance scheme. - My friend receives Rs 1000 per week as unemployment benefit. 2. to benefit from or by something to be improved by something, to gain more money because of something

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