Business management

The phrase "management control" itself can have a negative connotation, e.g. it can sound dominating, coercive and .....-handed.

Computers have ..... administrative controls through use of integrated management information systems, project management software, human resource information systems, office automation software, etc.

Sunrise in Auckland and another business day begins at Deutsche Bank, where members of the Treasury team located in the Asia-Pacific region take the ..... from their colleagues in the Americas managing the bank's capital and balance sheet.

Frederick Taylor developed the 'scientific management theory', which ..... this careful specification and measurement of all organizational tasks.

Related to financial markets, proponents of chaos theory believe that price is the very last thing to change for a stock, bond, or some other security, and that price changes can be determined through ..... mathematical equations.

The ..... approach - often the characteristic of an aggressive buyer - is being replaced with the realisation that there are greater business benefits associated with working more collaboratively with suppliers to help them improve efficiencies and reduce their costs.

The timing is critical, especially for the procurement people, who want these schemes in ..... place before the time comes to renegotiate contracts with their suppliers.

After this has been accomplished, the next ..... is their supply-chain partners.

In times ....., with relationships guided by letters of credit, a company's suppliers could rely on an established practice to help obtain additional bank funding.

This has led to a host of issues regarding operations within most multinational companies, transforming FX risk from what was once considered a departmental concern into a ..... risk to the whole enterprise.