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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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overmanning

Business administration; Business management

A situation in which there are more people employed by an organization than are necessary for the efficient performance of its work. Compare with undermanning. See also ...

conflict

Business administration; Business management

A situation in which there are mutually antagonistic interests, needs or motives involving individuals or groups. The most easily recognized indicator of conflict in a work ...

time sharing

Business administration; Business management

A situation in which two or more people or organizations make use of the same workplace and equipment (particularly a computer) in order to share costs and to maximize use of the ...

occupational segregation

Business administration; Business management

A situation where certain jobs or occupations are filled by certain groups, often regardless of their being theoretically open to all. discrimination is usually by sex, religion ...

voluntary reduced time

Business administration; Business management

A situation where employees voluntarily agree to work fewer hours than they have been doing; for example, to save their employer expenses in a time of reduced demand. Like all ...

manual skill

Business administration; Business management

A skill that requires physical rather than mental ability.

garbage in, garbage out

Business administration; Business management

A slogan coined by American operatives in the computer industry, but widely adopted outside it, implying that the quality of the output from a system depends upon the quality of ...