Knowledge

List of business terms

Source 📝

509:
Something which has been "baked in" is implied to be impossible to remove. Alternatively, "baked in" can refer to a desirable, although non-essential, property of a product being incorporated for the user's convenience.
186: 30: 41: 937: 199:
Large amounts of data acquired by an organization that can be harvested for sustainable, differentiating competitive advantage.
955: 867: 259:
Contract clause richly (perhaps excessively) rewarding a key executive if termination is due to corporate takeover or merger
307:
Tasks that have the greatest positive effect for the least effort, used when promoting new projects to show the advantages.
895: 960: 37: 462: 45: 881: 779: 354: 17: 589: 682:
Going outside normal boundaries to achieve a target or goal (such as exceeding specifications)
933: 925: 547: 476:
Providing a product or service which makes everyone happy, particularly both buyer and seller
328: 784: 254: 244: 299:
Discussing the viewpoints of each organization and coming to an agreement or compromise
40:
and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by
706:
Show a united front, or everyone understanding and saying the same thing to clientele.
949: 323:
Acquired knowledge after an action/actions or process/processes has been completed
133:
Idealistic or visionary ideas, not always with practical application (source: BBC)
64: 51:
The following terms are in everyday use in financial regions, such as commercial
903: 799: 789: 68: 534:
Take actions which increase the amount of work that can be done in the future.
249:
Contract clause which richly rewards a key employee in the case of termination
449:
The task or item most likely to delay a project or consume the most resources
59: 794: 774: 420: 407:
A system, process, department, etc. that operates in isolation from others.
457:
The foundations of an idea, which helps another related scheme or proposal
618:
To sell a small solution and then grow it within the client's environment
53: 552:
Defensive strategy to provide time to plan or produce a better solution
149:
Array of possible actions to take in response to a problem: protocol
868:"18 obnoxious things that everyone in the office should stop saying" 666:
Close a venture that is losing money or has no prospects of success
468:
Any aspect of an object that differentiates it from similar objects
730:
To meet up with a colleague to discuss progress (from baseball)
658:
Get additional backup information to make your case stronger
722:'Put your toe' into a market to determine its temperature. 399:
A small component's ability to grow within a larger system
433:
Group or individual affected by the outcome of a decision
341:
Buying in a product or service that is already completed
223:
Point of view of a customer about a product or service
486: 78: 425:
A system for process improvement by error reduction
560:Ensure the product specification covers everything 359:Sustainable improvement of key performance metrics 291:Immersed or entangled in details or complexities 215:Reduce the number of employees through a lay-off 391:Test the popularity of a new idea or proposal. 283:Knowing what's going on and being kept informed 275:A central idea to which other ideas are linked 526:To follow an action against market tendencies 518:Undertake an impossible or impractical task 8: 754:Cut excess budgets, remove avoidable costs 165:Works in multiple directions simultaneously 861: 859: 857: 855: 853: 851: 849: 847: 845: 843: 841: 839: 837: 835: 31:List of business and finance abbreviations 870:. Moneyish.com / Dow Jones & Company. 833: 831: 829: 827: 825: 823: 821: 819: 817: 815: 626:Productive or successful in a short time 568:Outline what the solution will look like 239:The current popular or trending activity 18:Glossary of business and management terms 650:Go (initially) for the easiest options 811: 634:Making progress on an idea or scheme 375:A collection of proposals or schemes 125:Tried and tested methodology/process 7: 557:Cover all directions of the compass 346:One button to push/Push of a button 25: 642:Change the criteria for success 231:Content that is always relevant 866:Alisa Wolfson (June 23, 2017). 602:Keep a vendor/contractors paid 404:Silo (Vertical and Horizontal) 173:The customer is the main focus 932:, Barrons Educational Series, 926:"A glossary of business terms" 703:Sing from the same hymn sheet 599:Have the vendor in our pocket 315:Redundancies on a large scale 1: 191:Collection of key indicators 902:. lexico.com. Archived from 501:Put something into practice 415:One solution for everything 349:Reduced number of suppliers 207:Finished product or outcome 101:Highest management overview 924:Geffner, Andrea B. (2004), 647:Pick the low-hanging fruit 333:Processes within processes 141:Where a process is held up 977: 714:Reconvene at a later time 674:Relinquish responsibility 463:Unique selling proposition 181:Up to date or new methods 35: 28: 746:Divide responsibilities 93:Program management view 780:Corporate communication 762:Take care of that mess 743:Tranch up the workload 711:Table the conversation 687:Put this on your radar 388:Run it up the flagpole 178:Cutting edge practices 29:For abbreviations, see 956:Business-related lists 882:"What is a Data Moat?" 584:Investigate in depth 565:Create the storyboard 355:Operational excellence 679:Pushing the envelope 590:Flogging a dead horse 236:Flavour of the month 220:End-user perspective 961:Knowledge glossaries 759:Unscramble that egg 639:Move the goal posts 576:Get into the detail 367:Challenging problem 42:adding missing items 906:on October 24, 2019 735:Touch base offline 655:Power to the elbow 610:Come up with ideas 296:Joined-up thinking 695:Scrub the numbers 304:Low-hanging fruit 157:Complete the task 130:Blue sky thinking 117:Measuring against 900:Oxford Dictionary 766: 765: 548:Circle the wagons 480: 479: 473:Win-win solution 372:Raft of measures 170:Customer-centric 162:Cross-functional 154:Check in the box 98:50,000 foot view 90:30,000 foot view 16:(Redirected from 968: 942: 930:Business English 916: 915: 913: 911: 892: 886: 885: 878: 872: 871: 863: 785:Corporate jargon 615:Land and expand 594:Wasting efforts 487: 383:Obvious problem 255:Golden parachute 245:Golden handshake 79: 46:reliable sources 21: 976: 975: 971: 970: 969: 967: 966: 965: 946: 945: 940: 923: 920: 919: 909: 907: 894: 893: 889: 880: 879: 875: 865: 864: 813: 808: 771: 719:Test the water 631:Moving forward 531:Build capacity 523:Buck the trend 515:Boil the ocean 485: 204:Deliverable(s) 77: 49: 34: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 974: 972: 964: 963: 958: 948: 947: 944: 943: 938: 918: 917: 887: 873: 810: 809: 807: 804: 803: 802: 797: 792: 787: 782: 777: 770: 767: 764: 763: 760: 756: 755: 752: 748: 747: 744: 740: 739: 738:Meet and talk 736: 732: 731: 728: 724: 723: 720: 716: 715: 712: 708: 707: 704: 700: 699: 696: 692: 691: 690:Consider this 688: 684: 683: 680: 676: 675: 672: 668: 667: 664: 663:Pull the plug 660: 659: 656: 652: 651: 648: 644: 643: 640: 636: 635: 632: 628: 627: 624: 620: 619: 616: 612: 611: 608: 604: 603: 600: 596: 595: 592: 586: 585: 582: 578: 577: 574: 570: 569: 566: 562: 561: 558: 554: 553: 550: 544: 543: 542:Discuss later 540: 536: 535: 532: 528: 527: 524: 520: 519: 516: 512: 511: 507: 503: 502: 499: 495: 494: 491: 484: 481: 478: 477: 474: 470: 469: 466: 459: 458: 455: 454:Under-pinning 451: 450: 447: 443: 442: 439: 435: 434: 431: 427: 426: 423: 417: 416: 413: 412:Silver bullet 409: 408: 405: 401: 400: 397: 393: 392: 389: 385: 384: 381: 377: 376: 373: 369: 368: 365: 361: 360: 357: 351: 350: 347: 343: 342: 339: 338:Off the shelf 335: 334: 331: 325: 324: 321: 317: 316: 313: 309: 308: 305: 301: 300: 297: 293: 292: 289: 285: 284: 281: 277: 276: 273: 269: 268: 265: 261: 260: 257: 251: 250: 247: 241: 240: 237: 233: 232: 229: 225: 224: 221: 217: 216: 213: 209: 208: 205: 201: 200: 197: 193: 192: 189: 183: 182: 179: 175: 174: 171: 167: 166: 163: 159: 158: 155: 151: 150: 147: 143: 142: 139: 135: 134: 131: 127: 126: 123: 122:Best practice 119: 118: 115: 111: 110: 107: 103: 102: 99: 95: 94: 91: 87: 86: 83: 76: 73: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 973: 962: 959: 957: 954: 953: 951: 941: 939:9780764124440 935: 931: 927: 922: 921: 905: 901: 897: 891: 888: 883: 877: 874: 869: 862: 860: 858: 856: 854: 852: 850: 848: 846: 844: 842: 840: 838: 836: 834: 832: 830: 828: 826: 824: 822: 820: 818: 816: 812: 805: 801: 798: 796: 793: 791: 788: 786: 783: 781: 778: 776: 773: 772: 768: 761: 758: 757: 753: 751:Trim the fat 750: 749: 745: 742: 741: 737: 734: 733: 729: 726: 725: 721: 718: 717: 713: 710: 709: 705: 702: 701: 697: 694: 693: 689: 686: 685: 681: 678: 677: 673: 670: 669: 665: 662: 661: 657: 654: 653: 649: 646: 645: 641: 638: 637: 633: 630: 629: 625: 622: 621: 617: 614: 613: 609: 606: 605: 601: 598: 597: 593: 591: 588: 587: 583: 580: 579: 575: 572: 571: 567: 564: 563: 559: 556: 555: 551: 549: 546: 545: 541: 538: 537: 533: 530: 529: 525: 522: 521: 517: 514: 513: 508: 505: 504: 500: 497: 496: 492: 489: 488: 482: 475: 472: 471: 467: 464: 461: 460: 456: 453: 452: 448: 445: 444: 440: 437: 436: 432: 430:Stakeholders 429: 428: 424: 422: 419: 418: 414: 411: 410: 406: 403: 402: 398: 395: 394: 390: 387: 386: 382: 379: 378: 374: 371: 370: 366: 363: 362: 358: 356: 353: 352: 348: 345: 344: 340: 337: 336: 332: 330: 327: 326: 322: 319: 318: 314: 311: 310: 306: 303: 302: 298: 295: 294: 290: 288:In the weeds 287: 286: 282: 279: 278: 274: 271: 270: 266: 263: 262: 258: 256: 253: 252: 248: 246: 243: 242: 238: 235: 234: 230: 227: 226: 222: 219: 218: 214: 211: 210: 206: 203: 202: 198: 195: 194: 190: 188: 185: 184: 180: 177: 176: 172: 169: 168: 164: 161: 160: 156: 153: 152: 148: 145: 144: 140: 137: 136: 132: 129: 128: 124: 121: 120: 116: 113: 112: 109:Availability 108: 105: 104: 100: 97: 96: 92: 89: 88: 84: 81: 80: 74: 72: 70: 66: 65:organisations 62: 61: 56: 55: 47: 43: 39: 32: 27: 19: 929: 908:. Retrieved 904:the original 899: 890: 876: 698:Find errors 539:Circle back 498:Action that 490:Verb phrase 483:Verb phrases 396:Scalability 280:In the loop 82:Noun phrase 75:Noun phrases 69:corporations 58: 52: 50: 38:dynamic list 26: 800:Obfuscation 790:Doublespeak 727:Touch base 581:Drill down 493:Definition 138:Bottleneck 85:Definition 950:Categories 910:24 October 896:"Flagpole" 806:References 573:Deep dive 446:Tent pole 441:Employees 320:Learnings 264:Hard stop 228:Evergreen 196:Data Moat 114:Benchmark 106:Bandwidth 60:management 36:This is a 795:Euphemism 775:Buzzwords 623:Make hay 506:Baked in 421:Six Sigma 267:Deadline 212:Downsize 187:Dashboard 63:of large 769:See also 380:Rattler 312:Lay-off 146:Cascade 67:such as 57:and the 54:business 607:Ideate 438:Talent 364:Python 329:Nesting 936:  465:(USP) 671:Punt 44:with 934:ISBN 912:2019 272:Hub 952:: 928:, 898:. 814:^ 71:. 914:. 884:. 48:. 33:. 20:)

Index

Glossary of business and management terms
List of business and finance abbreviations
dynamic list
adding missing items
reliable sources
business
management
organisations
corporations
Dashboard
Golden handshake
Golden parachute
Nesting
Operational excellence
Six Sigma
Unique selling proposition
Circle the wagons
Flogging a dead horse
Buzzwords
Corporate communication
Corporate jargon
Doublespeak
Euphemism
Obfuscation





Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.