This document contains definitions for various business and management related terms organized into 3 lessons. It defines words like consultant, crisis, innovation, objective, promotion, strategy, wages, incentives, job security, company culture, hierarchy, function, autonomous, vision, recession, priority, and subordinate. The definitions provide explanations of these terms and how they relate to concepts like management, work motivation, and company structure.
This document contains definitions for various business and management related terms organized into 3 lessons. It defines words like consultant, crisis, innovation, objective, promotion, strategy, wages, incentives, job security, company culture, hierarchy, function, autonomous, vision, recession, priority, and subordinate. The definitions provide explanations of these terms and how they relate to concepts like management, work motivation, and company structure.
This document contains definitions for various business and management related terms organized into 3 lessons. It defines words like consultant, crisis, innovation, objective, promotion, strategy, wages, incentives, job security, company culture, hierarchy, function, autonomous, vision, recession, priority, and subordinate. The definitions provide explanations of these terms and how they relate to concepts like management, work motivation, and company structure.
FORM LESSON 1: MANAGEMENT 1 consultant N a person who provides expert advice to a company 2 crisis N a situation of danger or difficulty 3 innovation N a new idea or method 4 objective N something you plan to do or achieve when someone is raised to a higher or more important 5 promotion N position 6 public sector N the section of the economy under government control 7 strategy N a plan for achieving success 8 subordinate N a person with a less important position in an organization LESSON 2: WORK AND MOTIVATION 1 labour relation N interactions between employees, or managers and workers 2 job security N knowing that these is little risk of losing one’s employment 3 wages N money paid (per hour or day or week) to manual worker 4 perk/benefit N advantages that come with a job, apart from pay 5 incentive N things that encourage people to do something 6 promotion N to be raised to a higher rank or better job 7 unskill N without any particular abilities acquired by training 8 job rotation N regularly switching between different tasks a company’s shared attitudes, beliefs, practices and work 9 company culture N relationships an amount of money that is paid to somebody for the work 10 remuneration N they have done an amount of money that is paid to somebody for selling 11 commission N goods and which increases with the amount of goods that are sold an extra amount of money that is added to a payment, 12 bonus N especially to sb’s wages as a reward something that you get legally from your work in addition 13 perk N to your wages, such as goods, meals or a car 14 efficient Adj being effective without wasting time or effort or expense 15 challenging Adj difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way relating to the way that your mind works and the way that 16 psychological Adj this affects you behaviour 17 well-being N a feeling of being comfortable, healthy, and happy 18 potential Adj likely to develop into a particular type of person or thing in the future the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that 19 fear Adj something bad is going to happen something that encourages you to work harder, start a new 20 incentive N activity 21 incapable Adj not able to do something feeling of happiness or pleasure because you have achieved 22 satisfaction N something or got what you wanted 23 applicable Adj capable of being applied; having relevance a system of organization in which people or thing are 24 hierarchy N divided into levels of importance a feeling of respect for someone, or a good option of some 25 esteem N one the process of establishing oneself as a whole person, able 26 self-actualization N to develop one’s abilities and to understand oneself the feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life 27 fulfiment N because doing interesting, useful, or important things 28 pursue V to continue doing an activity or trying to achieve the ability to make yourself do the things you know you 29 self-discipline N ought to do, without someone making you do them 30 burden N something difficult or worrying that you are responsible for 31 sufficient Adj as much as is needed for a particular purpose; enough the act of realizing and accepting that something is true or 32 recognition N important 33 checkout till N a place in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases the practice of regularly changing the job that a particular 34 job rotaion N person does so that they have a variety of tasks and become experienced in different areas the ideas, belief and values of a particular company or 35 corporate culture N organization LESSON 3: COMPANY STRUCTURE a system or authority with different levels, one above the hierarchy or chain 1 N other e.g. a series of managerment positions, whose holders of command can make decisions, or give orders and instructions a specific activity in a company, e.g. production, marketing, 2 function N finance independent, able to take decisions without consulting 3 autonomous Adj someone at the same level or higher in the chain of command the power to give instructions to people at the level below in 4 line outhority N the chain of command to be responsible to someone and to take instructions from 5 to report to V them to give someone else responsibility for doing something 6 to delegate V instead of you 7 given prep when you consider something to provide enough money for somebody to pay for all the 8 support V things they need 9 i dare say probably; it is probable 10 enterprise N a company or business the particular attitude or way of thinking of a person or 11 mentality N group; mindset 12 pool N a group of people available for work when needed to recognize or show that two things are not the same; to 13 differentiate V distinguish. 14 hands-on doing something rather than just a person that you work with, esp. in a profession or a 15 colleague N business the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position; an idea or a picture in your imagination; a dream 16 vision N or similar experience; the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence; foresight a difficult period in the economy of a country or group of 17 recession N countries, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed 18 entire Adj whole; including everything, everyone or every part lasting or intended to last or be used only for a short time; 19 temporary Adj not permanent a/ (of a country, a region, or an organization) able to govern 20 autonomous Adj itself or control its own affairs; independent (of a person) able to do things and make decisions without 21 autocratic Adj help from anyone else something that you think is more important than other 22 priority N things and should be deal with first 23 tendency N a new custom that is starting to develop; trend pass sth <==> on (to to give something to somebody else, especially after 24 V sb) receiving it or using it yourself 25 say Adv approximately, for instance 26 furthermore Adv to greater degree or extent; in addition to what has just been said 27 for instance for example made of many different things or parts that are connected; 28 complicated Adj difficult to understand; complex a person who has a position with less authority and power 29 subordinate N than somebody else in an organization; inferior a manager to whom an employee is directly responsible; a 30 director N manager who is involved in running the main business activities of a company 31 immediate Adj following immediately one after another by tradition; according to traditional belief; according to 32 traditionally Adv tradition
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