Business administration

Business administration

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

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human relations

Business administration; Business management

An approach to organizational theory that arose in the 1930s in opposition to the scientific management school. The human relations approach was greatly influenced by the ...

nomothetic

Business administration; Business management

An approach to the study of human behavior that emphasizes general or universal principles rather than the uniqueness of the individual. Contrast with idiographic.

idiographic

Business administration; Business management

An approach to the study of human behavior that emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual rather than general laws or principles. Contrast with nomothetic.

administrative management theory

Business administration; Business management

An approach to the study of management, based on the work of henri fayol and others in the 1930s, which emphasizes the importance of the formal structure and the hierarchy of an ...

quality of working life (QWL)

Business administration; Business management

An approach to work that first became prominent in the 1960s. It is concerned to improve the quality of life for people in the workplace, by emphasizing the importance of good job ...

total quality management (TQM)

Business administration; Business management

An approach to, and concern for, quality which pervades a business organization from top to bottom. It was originally introduced to Japan in the aftermath of the Second World War ...