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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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royalty
Business administration; Business management
A fee paid to an author or composer on each sale of published work for which she or he holds the copyright, or to an inventor for the use of an invention for which she or he holds ...
retail price index (RPI)
Business administration; Business management
A figure, calculated monthly, which reflects the cost of a set of basic goods and services used by most of the United Kingdom population. It is generally used as an indicator of ...
Zeigarnik effect
Business administration; Business management
A finding by a gestalt psychologist named Bluma Zeigarnik that subjects are more likely to remember details of tasks during which they were interrupted than those they were ...
foreman
Business administration; Business management
A first-line supervisor responsible for a group of workers on the shop floor. Usually one level above chargehand.
learning plateau
Business administration; Business management
A flattening of the learning curve due to a temporary halt in learning progress.
matrix organization
Business administration; Business management
A flexible form of organizational structure often used in situations which require a mix of people with different skills and experience to be focussed on a particular task, or an ...
swing shift
Business administration; Business management
A flexible form of shift work practice where a shift has no set hours. The workers have a variable number of hours at work, depending on the circumstances, in order to ensure the ...
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