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

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operational research

Business administration; Business management

A branch of management science that applies mathematics to a series of techniques, like critical path analysis, which an organization may use in its planning and decision-making. ...

seasonal unemployment

Business administration; Business management

A form of unemployment that peaks at certain times of the year due to the nature of the industry in question, as for example in construction or tourism.

behaviour modification

Business administration; Business management

The deliberate changing of a particular pattern of behaviour (e.g. the attempt to reduce smoking or drinking in times of stress) by using methods based on the theory of ...

bargaining

Business administration; Business management

(1) A term used in industrial relations to describe negotiations between two parties, usually employers and employees or their representatives, to achieve a settlement regarding ...

cost leadership

Business administration; Business management

A low-cost strategy for acquiring competitive advantage in a product market.

World Wide Web

Business administration; Business management

A computer system which allows the user to tap into the internet. It was created by Tim BernersLee, a British computer expert, while working at the atomic research centre cern ...

not invented here (NIH) syndrome

Business administration; Business management

The syndrome that militates against copying from, or even learning from, others in the same field. It is usually regarded in management science as a sign of insecurity or inertia ...