Business management

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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trade secret

Business administration; Business management

Information or techniques known only to members of a particular trade or profession, public knowledge of which would detract from their standing and income, such as how a magician saws a lady in ...

co-opting

Business administration; Business management

Inviting someone to join an already established group because of some particular quality or skill, the need for which may not have been foreseen when the group was set up.

central route to persuasion

Business administration; Business management

It is widely accepted in consumer psychology that there are two different ‘routes to persuasion’ for a communication aimed at prospective purchasers. The central route, which requires rational ...

peripheral route to persuasion

Business administration; Business management

It is widely accepted in consumer psychology that there are two different ‘routes to persuasion’ for a communication aimed at prospective purchasers. The peripheral route, which does not require ...

trade press

Business administration; Business management

Journals, magazines or newspapers that cater for the interests or a particular trade or industry, like the Pig Breeder’s Gazette or the Wall Street Journal.

caveat emptor

Business administration; Business management

Latin for ‘let the buyer beware’. It is used to illustrate the widely held legal principle that the onus is on the buyer, rather than the seller, to check that he or she is getting the goods and ...

superego

Business administration; Business management

Latin for ‘over I’. According to Freud the superego is one of the three main aspects of the personality (along with the ego and id). Like the id, with which it is always in conflict, the superego is ...