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7 fact-checked facts about staff and teams at work, 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

In the workplace, what does HR stand for?

AnswerHuman Resources

Human Resources handles hiring, training, pay and staff welfare.

What does an organizational chart show?

AnswerRoles and reporting lines in an organization

An org chart is a diagram of who reports to whom.

Going deeper

The word 'mentor' comes from a character in which ancient Greek epic?

AnswerThe Odyssey

In Homer's Odyssey, Mentor is the trusted friend who advises Odysseus's son Telemachus.

What is a 'sabbatical'?

AnswerAn extended break from regular work, often for study or rest

The word comes from the ancient idea of a sabbath year of rest.

In a RACI chart, what does the A stand for?

AnswerAccountable

RACI stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed.

Expert level

What does Parkinson's law say about work?

AnswerIt expands to fill the time available for its completion

C. Northcote Parkinson stated the law in a 1955 essay in The Economist.

The Hawthorne effect refers to people doing what?

AnswerChanging their behavior because they know they are observed

It is named after studies at the Hawthorne Works factory near Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s.

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