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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featherbedding

Business administration; Business management

(1) A restrictive labour practice where more staff are employed than is necessary for the work to be done. (2) An economic environment which provides companies with easy profits; ...

growth

Business administration; Business management

(1) In economics, this is the expansion of a business organization or the economy in general. The rate of growth in the latter is usually measured by the rate of change in the ...

iterative process

Business administration; Business management

(1) In operational research, this refers to a mathematical technique for making successive approximations in the search for a solution by the method of repeated calculations. (2) ...

management science

Business administration; Business management

(1) The application of scientific methods, and particularly quantitative methodology, to the practice of management. (2) The application of a specifically behavioural science or ...

vocational guidance

Business administration; Business management

A branch of occupational psychology which helps people to choose an occupation or a career which will be of mutual benefit to them and their prospective employers. It makes use of ...

assertiveness training

Business administration; Business management

A form of training designed to increase a person’s confidence. It uses a technique of behaviour modification intended to help people overcome inhibitions about expressing their ...