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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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Public utility
Business administration; Business management
An organisation that provides an essential public service, like the supply of water or electricity, whether it is part of the private sector or the public sector.
Achievement culture
Business administration; Business management
An organisational culture that fosters achievement and, under certain conditions, perhaps also the need for achievement in its members.
Machine bureaucracy
Business administration; Business management
An organisation that is run like a machine, with a dominant bureaucracy which is particularly rigid and inflexible.
Questionnaire
Business administration; Business management
Any set of written questions used in the collecting of information for purposes of comparison. It is widely used in quantitative market research and is the basis of all work in survey research, where ...
System
Business administration; Business management
Any series of interconnected elements forming an organised or organic whole with a common objective. Examples can range from an individual central nervous system to a society's family and kinship ...
Network-building
Business administration; Business management
Any systematic attempt to link people and resources round a common goal or shared interests and values, like the old school tie and what it represents.
Rank order
Business administration; Business management
Any series of numbers, items or individuals arranged in order of magnitude, either increasing or decreasing (first, second, third, etc.).
