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Business management

General business management terms encompassing inventory management, security management, financial administration, business planning, and management services for all enterprise-wide information systems.

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encoding

Business administration; Business management

In information processing, this is the attempt, by the sender, to convert information into a form which can be stored, processed and then decoded.

bimodal distribution

Business administration; Business management

A frequency distribution that has two modes.

bookkeeping

Business administration; Business management

The method of recording an organization’s financial transactions that allows a clear picture of its financial situation to be obtained at any time, such as by reference to its ‘books’.

domestic labour

Business administration; Business management

Unpaid labour that is performed in the home, the vast majority of it by women (even those in full-time paid employment outside the home).

emotional labour

Business administration; Business management

Managing one’s emotions so as to present a particular face to the customer on behalf of the organization, as salesmen or air stewardesses do. Of increasing prevalence with the growth of the service ...

database marketing

Business administration; Business management

A form of marketing which makes use of a company’s customer database to encourage further purchases. It would make use of information like name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, previous ...

BOGOF

Business administration; Business management

Abbreviation used in marketing for ‘buy one get one free’. Apparently, it sounds like a better deal than ‘two for the price of one’.

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