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Business services

The business service industry provides the core business skills and knowledge required for a high performing workplace.It covers an array of expertise, including customer contact, business administration, business management, business information and human resource management.

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person–job fit

Business administration; Human resources

The extent to which the personality of an individual fits harmoniously with the job he or she does. On the goodness of fit between the two will depend the crucial factors of work, ...

job mobility

Business administration; Human resources

The extent to which workers are prepared to change job, especially if a change requires geographical relocation.

interpersonal attraction

Business administration; Human resources

The general term for an area of social psychology concerned with why people are attracted to each other. For a more specific term see gain–loss theory of interpersonal ...

empowerment

Business administration; Human resources

Giving the employees a lot of freedom while doing the job and the authority to decide how to finish the tasks.

quality of life

Business administration; Human resources

The general well-being of a society in terms of its political freedom, natural environment, education, healthcare, safety, amount of leisure and rewards that add to personal ...

agile organization

Business services; Human resources

Also known as agile manufacturing, this is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs ...

accessibility

Business services; Human resources

The extent to which a contractor's or employer's facility is readily approachable and does not inhibit the mobility of individuals with disabilities, particularly such areas as ...