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restructuring of industry
Business administration; Business management
A term often used to describe the decline of heavy industry, with its attendant unemployment, and the increasing importance of the service sector and of information technology.
shop floor
Business administration; Business management
A term originally applied to the area of a factory in which production took place. It has been widened in its application to indicate the blue-collar workers in an organization as ...
superwoman
Business administration; Business management
A term popularly used of a woman who combines a successful work career with a family life and the rearing of children.
management by objectives (MBO)
Business administration; Business management
A term proposed by the American management writer Peter Drucker in the 1950s to emphasize the importance of setting objectives for – and by – each individual member of an ...
vertical communication
Business administration; Business management
A term sometimes applied to downward communication, though more usually to upward communication in an organization.
forming
Business administration; Business management
A term sometimes applied to the initial stage of group formation within an organization. The individuals concerned are intent on finding out what they can about each other (and ...
eustress
Business administration; Business management
A term sometimes given to the only positive aspect of stress, a feeling of stimulation and excitement that can sometimes result in enhanced performance, at least in the short ...
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