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7 fact-checked facts about personnel and workplace people management, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.

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The basics

What does 'HR' stand for in most organizations?

AnswerHuman Resources

Human Resources is the function that recruits, supports and manages an organization's people.

What does 'CV' stand for, as in a document listing your work history?

AnswerCurriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae is Latin for 'course of life'.

Going deeper

In workforce terms, what is 'attrition'?

AnswerThe gradual loss of staff through leaving or retiring

Attrition is the natural shrinking of a workforce as people resign or retire and are not replaced.

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, often used to discuss motivation, which level is at the base?

AnswerPhysiological needs

Maslow placed physiological needs such as food, water and sleep at the base, with self-actualization at the top.

What is 'job rotation'?

AnswerMoving employees through different roles to build skills

Job rotation moves staff through several roles to broaden their skills and reduce monotony.

Expert level

The Hawthorne studies of the 1920s and 1930s are best known for suggesting what?

AnswerPeople may change their behavior when they know they are being studied

Output at the Hawthorne Works seemed to change simply because workers were being observed, giving the 'Hawthorne effect' its name.

In which city is the International Labour Organization headquartered?

AnswerGeneva

The ILO, founded in 1919 and now a UN agency, is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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