"D"

Directory of HR Terms

Courtesy Jobnet's Job Consultants List - India and International

dependence/dependency the fact of being dependent on someone or something - He has a dependence on drugs

dependent supported financially by someone else

deploy to send staff to a certain place to carry out a certain job
deployment of personnel the sending of staff to certain places to carry out certain jobs

depreciation a reduction in value of an asset

deputise, deputize to deputise for someone to take the place of someone who is absent

derecognition the act of ceasing to recognise a union as able to represent the employees (typical reasons are: few of the workforce actually belong to the union, or the company has changed owner)
describe to say what someone or something is like

description a detailed account of what something is like

designate appointed to a job but not yet working - to appoint someone to a post

desk a writing table in an office, usually with drawers for stationery

deskilling the process of reducing the number of skilled jobs and replacing them with unskilled jobs

desk pad a pad of paper kept on a desk for writing notes

determination of salaries the process of fixing the amount of salaries to be paid to different categories of employees determine to fix, arrange or decide

develop 1. to plan and produce

DFEE abbr Department for Education and Employment

DFES abbr Department for Education and Skills

diagram a drawing which presents information visually

diagrammatic - in diagrammatic form in the form of a diagram * The chart showed the work flow in diagrammatic form.

diagrammatically using a diagram

diarise, diarize to enter a date you have to remember in a diary
differ not to be the same as something else

differential which shows a difference * to erode wage differentials to reduce differences in salary gradually

differential piecework payment for each piece of work completed, determined by the total number of pieces produced over a period, with extra bonus payments for work completed more quickly

digerati people who claim to have a sophisticated understanding of Internet or computer technology

digithead a person who is very knowledgeable about technology and mathematics but who is not very good at talking or relating to people

dilberted US badly treated by your employer, like the cartoon character Dilbert (slang) (NOTE: see Dilbert Principle)

Dilbert principle the principle that the most inefficient employees are moved to the place where they can do the least damage (NOTE: Dilbert is the main character in a comic strip and cartoon series by Scott Adams which satirises office and corporate life.)

dilutee an unskilled or semi-silled worker who has taken a short training course, instead of a longer full course, and is seen as someone who is diluting the pool of skilled labour (informal)

dilution agreement agreement by which unskilled labour can be employed when skilled workers are not available * The dilution agreement allowed for untrained administrative workers until more qualified manpower came to the area.

dilution of labour the process of deskilling, reducing the number of skilled jobs and replacing them with unskilled jobs

diploma a document which shows that a person has reached a certain level of skill in a subject
 

 

direct to manage or organise

direct action a strike or go-slow by a workforce

directed interview an interview built round specific questions instead of an open discussion

direction 1. the process of organising or managing

directive an order or command to someone to do something (especially an order from the Council of Ministers or Commission of the European Community referring to a particular problem in certain countries)

directive interview an interview using preset questions and following a fixed pattern

direct line a telephone number which goes direct to someone, without passing through an operator
 

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