Well, for non-Management people this would be something really strange so i would suggest you have Wikipedia open in your system (http://www.wikipedia.org/ ) for any kind of reference. That being said please let me know if any terms or Abbreviations are not clear so that i can give an explanation on the respective topic. For Management Students or People who have already done their MBA/PGPM/PGDBM this is like a walk through on what you would have come across during that stage so i suggest you grab a Pop Corn and just have a read and refresh those concepts. So here goes my list on the terms you would need to know.
SWOT, Porters Five Force, BCG Matrix, Synergy, Force Field Analysis, Management by Objectives, SMART, Porters Diamond Analysis, Decision Tree, Industry Analysis, Maslows Heirarchy, Marketing Mix, 4Ps, PDCA, Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Kaizen Approach, Moore’s Law, PESTEL, Benchmarking, Cascading, Delegation, Goals, Elliot Wave theory,, Work Life Balance, Short & Long Period Advance Decline Line, Book Keeping, Liquidity, Markowitz Model, Relative Strenght Index, Stochastics Method, Line Balancing, CPM, PERT, ERP, Pareto Analysis, Johari Window, Product Mix, Trade Cycle, Business Cycle, Recession, Depression, CAGR, Recovery, Boom, Bullish & Bearish Markets, Ethics, Organizational Structure, Philanthropy, CSR, Mission & Vision, Security Analysis, Prime Cost, Work Cost, EOQ, EBQ, Inventory Cost, Merchandise Assortment, Quantitative Analysis, Probablity Distribution, Hypergeometric, Regression, Forecasting, Procurement, Logistics, IRR, NPV, Profitability Index, Literature Review, Median, Inter Quartile Range, KPO, BPO, Attitude, Behaviour, Key Success Factors, EPS, P/E Ratio, WCC, Portfolio Management, Fixed Costs, Variable costs, Overheads, Resource Planning, Brainstorming, Reverse Brainstorming, Six Thinking Hats, Six Sigma, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Transportation, Linear Programming, Organizational Behaviour, Modiglianni & Miller Theory, Hypothesis, CRM, Supply Chain, OARR, Simulation, Letter of Understanding, Inventory Control, BOM, Game Theory, Assignment, Queuing Models, Gantt Chart, Production Possibility Curve, Macro Economics, Traits, Innovation, Attrition, Retention, Annuities, Bonds, Debt Equity, Liabilities, Assets, BootCamp Training, ROI, ROCE, ROE, Corporate Governance, Change, Product Life Cycle, Mergers & Acquisition, Technology Transfers, Takeovers, Joint Ventures, Communication, Ego, Prototyping, Alpha Beta Gamma Testing, Dupont Analysis, Market Analysis, McKinsey 7S Strategy, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Delight, Front and Back Operation, Forward Integration, Backward Integration, Horizontal and Vertical Integration, Distribution Channel, Carry and Forwarding Agents, Facility Plant Location, Breakeven Analysis, Quality Control, ISO, Debtors, Collection Cycles, Creditors, Demings Principles, Process Layout, Reserves, FOREX, Imports, Exports, Total Quality Management,Quality Assurance, GDP, Inflation, WIP, Sunk Cost, Depreciation, Ledger, Journal Entries, Service Quality, Service Blueprint, Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, Company Analysis, Industry Analysis, Operating Cycle, Dividend, Vnedor, Process costing, Job costing, Capital Budgeting, Discounting, Yield to Time Maturity, Capital & Revenue Expenditure, Lead time, JIT, Buffer Stock, Warehousing, Payback Period, Equity Valuation, Working Capital, Miller Orr Model, Baumol Model, BAT Model, Job Analysis, Job Description, Outsoourcing, Sub-Contracting, Coaching, Training, Recruitment & Selection, Compensation & Benefits, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, ITES, Diversification, Re-Order Level, ABC Analysis, VED Analysis, Control Chart, Material Recruitment Planning, Aggregate Planning, Capacity Planning, Bottle Necks, Master Production Schedule, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Book Value, Market Value, Face Value, Brand Value, Word of Mouth, Advertising, Stocks, BSE & NSE, Securities, Elasticity, Industry Attractiveness, Competencies, Coupon Rate, Monopoly, Oligopoly Market, Demand Pull, Supply Push, Pull-Push Marketing Strategy, Leadership,Motivation, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Power & Politics, Career Planning, Questionnaire, Interview Schedule, Contingencies, Succession Planning, Cause & Effect, Fish Bone Analysis, Commodities, Appraisal, Business Model, Primary Market, Industry Size, Growth Rate, Gap Analysis, SMES, Fringe Benefits, APEX Body, Infrastructure, Variance Standard Deviation, Vendor Management, Business Laws, Tax Structure, VAT, CIF, FOB, Leverage, FDI, FII, Promoters, Brokers, ULIP,Blue Ocean Strategy,4As,GDP Deflator, Indifference curves, cost of capital, Cost-benefit analysis, consumer, starbursting, TOWS matrix, KRA, Size-set ratio, 80-20 principle, cognition, dissonance, ERG theory, Victor Vroom's Expectancy model, deflation, spiral effect, due diligence, resilience, breakthrough, efficiency, pipeline, pipe & trench model, scrum, persuasion, Business Intelligence, brand equity, value creation ETC ETC ETC…The list goes on!!
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Courtesy: Suha Niyogi
PS : Please let me know if i have left out anything
