A Human Resource Audit is a systematic examination of an organization’s HR policies, procedures, and practices to ensure legal compliance, effectiveness, and alignment with business objectives. It involves reviewing areas such as recruitment, employee relations, compliance with labor laws, performance management, and overall HR strategy.

A theory proposed by American psychologist Abraham Maslow that categorises human desires by the force and necessity of the desire. It is most frequently arranged as a pyramid, with the most important needs at the bottom.

The Hawthorne effect is a phenomenon observed as a result of an experiment conducted by Elton Mayo. In an experiment intended to measure how a work environment impacts worker productivity, Mayo’s researchers noted that workers productivity increased not from changes in environment, but when being watched. Applied to HR, the concept is that employee motivation can be influenced by how aware they are of being observed and judged on their work – a basis for regular evaluation and metrics to meet.