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Business management best practices including corporate strategy development, financial management, human resource management, information management, resource planning, marketing and sales.

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computer-aided engineering

Business administration; Business management

The process that links computer-aided design with computer-aided manufacturing; for example, in the manufacture of tools or machines under computer numerical control.

executive

Business administration; Business management

(1) An individual with the authority to take decisions in an organization. (2) The people responsible for implementing the decisions of a legislature.

research and development

Business administration; Business management

The first stage of a product life cycle, in which science and technology are applied to the development of new products. The term is also used more generally to describe any ...

call centre

Business administration; Business management

A location where telephone calls to and from customers are handled. The location is often remote from – indeed sometimes on a different continent from – both the caller and the ...

logo

Business administration; Business management

(1) Short for ‘logotype’, the trademark or other identifying symbol of an organization, often including the name. (2) A high-level computer language.

Formula Translation (FORTRAN)

Business administration; Business management

A system of words and symbols used in science and technology to instruct a computer in its task of information processing. See computer language.

Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL)

Business administration; Business management

A system of words and symbols used in business to instruct a computer in its task of information processing. See computer language.