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| Bridging Activities | Activities that link a business with the customers and suppliers in the outside world |
| Recruiting | The search and selection process used by a business to procure human resources |
| Input | Type of activity that involves acquiring the resources needed to produce a product |
| Directing | Leading and communicating with workers to meet the goals of the organization |
| Standards | Accepted rules for measuring the quantity, size, weight, value, or quality of a product or service |
| Planning | Management function that decides what needs to be done, how it will be done, and who will do it |
| Output | Type of activity conducted by a business to dispose of its products or services |
| Laser Disc | A storage device for computer text, graphics, video images, and audio impulses |
| Self-Directed Employees | Type of Employees who are able to work indepently with little guidance from mangement |
| Purchasing | A method used by businesses to acquire materials, supplies, and parts |
| Mass | A type of production in which large numbers of identical goods are produced at one time |
| Information Providers | Businesses that dispense information electronically for a profit |
| Specialization | When a worker provides only a limited number of tasks needed to produce a product. |
| Controlling | The management function that measures performance against standards. |
| Organizing | The management function of coordinating the day-to-day operations of the business. |
| Evaluation | Measuring the quality or quantity of a product or employee. |
| Satellite | Type of transmission that sends signals between stations on earth and stations in orbit. |
| Pricing | Determining a fair and profitable amount of money to charge for a product. |
| Selling | A common method used by businesses to dispose of its products and services. |
| Teams | Groups of employees selected to work together on a product or project. |
