Personnel specification

'The demands of the job translated into human terms' (Arnold et al, 1991: 95). Personnel specifications list 'essential' criteria which must be satisfied, and other criteria which rule out certain people from being able to do the job.

See also:

Balanced Scorecard
Benchmarking
Best Practice
Business Environment
Business Process Reengineering
Centralization
Change
Change Strategy
Competitive Advantage
Comprehensiveness
De-layering
Division of Labour
Divisional Structure
Downsizing
Soft HRM
Soft Planning
Strategic HRM
Talent Management

Based on the glossary section of Human Resource Management, 4th edition.

HRM Textbooks

Human Resource Management, 4th edition
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
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