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Business management

General business management terms encompassing inventory management, security management, financial administration, business planning, and management services for all enterprise-wide information systems.

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inventory

Business administration; Business management

In accounting, this term has three related uses: (1) a list of items in stock; (2) a list of raw materials; (3) the cost of materials currently being processed.

copy

Business administration; Business management

In advertising this refers to the text of an advertisement.

culture

Business administration; Business management

The collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another

differentiation

Business administration; Business management

In organization theory, this term describes the tendency an organization has to set up specialized functions as a way of dealing with increasing complexity in its operations.

psychological contract

Business administration; Business management

In organizational psychology, this refers to an unwritten (and often unspoken) contract, consisting of a set of expectations which the organization and the individual member have of each other. On ...

unity of command

Business administration; Business management

In organizational theory, this is the principle that each member of an organization should report to only one person. See also authority and functional authority.

discipline

Business administration; Business management

In personnel management terms, this refers to the control necessary to do a particular job, whether externally imposed or self-imposed, and therefore the basic requirement of all members of a ...

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