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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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shift work
Business administration; Business management
A form of scheduling which uses the process of dividing the whole 24-hour day into work periods, often three periods of eight hours each, for example, midnight–8.00 a.m., 8.00 a.m.– 4.00 p.m. and ...
pygmalion effect
Business administration; Business management
A form of selffulfilling prophecy in a social setting that was first suggested by the American psychologist Robert Rosenthal. Rosenthal led a number of teachers to believe that certain children in ...
adaptive control
Business administration; Business management
A form of selfregulation of an industrial process, usually by computer, where the objective is to maintain a continuous performance at optimum level through a changing environment. See also ...
Coverdale training
Business administration; Business management
A form of sensitivity training based on group dynamics developed in the United Kingdom by Ralph Coverdale. It emphasizes the performance of real group tasks – as opposed to role playing – and is used ...
T-group
Business administration; Business management
A form of sensitivity training carried out within a group.
in-tray exercise
Business administration; Business management
A form of simulation used in the selection of candidates for a managerial job where people are required to deal with the typical daily tasks of the job (as represented by the contents of the ...
opinion polling
Business administration; Business management
A form of survey research in which respondents are asked their opinions about goods, services or political candidates.
