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B.E 3.02
Unit 3.02 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Benefits | Advantages or payments employees receive in addition to their wages (e.x: sick time, holiday pay, health insurance). |
Compliance | Fulfilling the requirements of the law. |
Conceptual Skills | The ability to see the “big picture” and think about how things will work together. |
Controlling | The management function that monitors the work effort. |
Data Processing | Converting facts and figures into useful information. |
Directing | The management function of providing guidance to workers and work projects. |
First-line Management | Supervisors who work directly with the employees who carry out the business’s routine work. |
Human Resources | People who work to produce goods or services. |
Information Management | The process of accessing, processing, maintaining, evaluating, and disseminating knowledge, facts, or data for the purpose of assisting business decision-making. |
Information | Knowledge, facts, or data presented in a useful form. |
Interpersonal Skills | The ability to communicate, interact, and build relationships with others. |
Management Function | Groups of activities related to management (i.e., planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling). |
Management Information System (MIS) | An integrated technology that assists with an organization’s information management needs. |
Material Resources | Equipment and supplies used by businesses in their operation. |
Mid-Level Management | Managers who report to top-level management and who have supervisors who report to them. |
Organizing | The management function of setting up the way the business’s work will be done. |
Planning | The management function of deciding what will be done and how it will be accomplished. |
Professional Development | Steps that an individual takes to enhance or improve skills or traits that are needed to excel in her/his career/profession. |
Proprietary Information | Private information that belongs to an organization and cannot be released to the public. |
Staffing | A human resources management activity that involves recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orienting, and dealing with job changes for a company’s employees. |
Strategic Planning | Long-range planning (three to five years) for the company as a whole. |
Tactical Planning | Short-range planning (one year) of specific actions the business will take. |
Technical Skills | Ability to understand the specialized aspects of jobs. |
Top-Level Management | All managers who are responsible for the operation of the company or a business unit. |
Trade Secret | Undisclosed information within a particular business or industry. |