PHR®/SPHR® Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide, Third Edition

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gainsharing

Gainsharing is an organizational or group incentive plan in which employees and managers come together for the common purpose of improving the organization's productivity and sharing the benefits of success.

gap analysis

A gap analysis is the third step of a needs assessment in which the current situation is compared to the objective, resulting in a list of people, actions, or items needed to achieve the objective. The goal of the gap analysis is to close the gap between "where we are now" and "where we want to be."

gatekeeper

A gatekeeper controls the input or output of a situation or activity. For example, in a health and welfare benefits setting, a patient's primary care physician is a gatekeeper in charge of determining ...