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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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depression

Business administration; Business management

(1) In psychology, this is one of the most common forms of emotional disturbance, which can vary in intensity from an everyday attack of the ‘blues’ to a seriously disturbed ...

payment by results

Business administration; Business management

A system of remuneration in which pay is linked to productivity.

software

Business administration; Business management

The computer programs, codes and other support materials available for use with particular hardware.

Confucian Ethic

Business administration; Business management

The basis for a social system, suggested by the fifthcentury bc Chinese moral philosopher Confucius, which emphasizes the harmony of mutual loyalties and reciprocal duties among ...

Protestant Work Ethic

Business administration; Business management

The idea that work is both an end in itself and a good in itself. This was central to the view of society held by leading Protestant reformers like Calvin and Luther. Together ...

supply chain management

Business administration; Business management

The management of an organization’S inventory from its links with suppliers, through its own internal procedures, and on to its relationship with its customers. All the groups and ...

word-of-mouth marketing

Business administration; Business management

A form of marketing for goods or services whose advertising is based on personal recommendation; for example, finding a plumber or a lawyer.