Glossary of Terms
Health and Safety at Work
Legislation concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.
Hierarchy
An organisational structure that has a number of levels and a chain of command by which decisions are made at an organisation's top levels and passed downwards
Holistic
Considering something in totality and more than a collection of parts.
HR systems
Formalised and organised arrangement of the human resource management function.
Human capital
The set of skills which an employee acquires on the job, through training and experience, and which increase that employee's value in the marketplace.
Human resource management
A functional area of management involved with the employment relationship between an organisation and its employees; the effective use of employees in order to enhance organisational performance.
Humanitarian
A person or organisation devoted to the promotion of
human welfare and to social reforms. It can involve working on special aid projects both within Australia and overseas.
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