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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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Business management

intrapreneur

Business administration; Business management

A member of a large organization who displays the attitudes and behavior of an entrepreneur.

cognitive map

Business administration; Business management

A mental representation of the way in which a goal can be achieved or a problem solved, as opposed to a technique or a series of steps.

response bias

Business administration; Business management

A mental set to respond in a particular way to certain issues or questions; for example, on a questionnaire.

job costing

Business administration; Business management

A method for calculating costs in an area where each job constitutes a separate order or finite unit of work. This is considered particularly appropriate for consultancy work; for example, in ...

paired comparisons

Business administration; Business management

A method of assessing a series of items and putting them in rank order by comparing each one with all the others in turn. This method can be used in job evaluation; for example, in comparing the ...

job evaluation

Business administration; Business management

A method of comparing jobs for their relative value to an organization and then determining on this basis a hierarchy of pay appropriate to each one. The method uses such factors as complexity, ...

computer-based practice

Business administration; Business management

A method of learning in which the medium of instruction is the computer or computer terminal.

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