Most Recent Articles from Encyclopedia of Business, 2nd ed.

• Work Measurement 

  WORK MEASUREMENT Work measurement is the careful analysis of a task, its size, the method used in its performance, and its efficiency. The...

  01/01/99 by Nashwa George · More from publication

• Workers' Compensation 

  WORKERS' COMPENSATION Workers' compensation is a form of insurance that provides medical coverage and/or income replacement...

  01/01/99 by Dorothy Maxwell · More from publication

• Writing Skills in Business 

  WRITING SKILLS IN BUSINESS Business writing has seven purposes: Convey information Explain a situation Request action Seek information ...

  01/01/99 by G. Maxwell · More from publication

• Work Groups (Teams) 

  WORK GROUPS (TEAMS) The team philosophy has become prevalent throughout business. Teams, which began as social-technical-business experiments as...

  01/01/99 by Tena Crews · More from publication

• Word Processing 

  WORD PROCESSING Word processing refers generally to the creation, editing, formatting, storage, and output of both printed and online or...

  01/01/99 by Ray Young · More from publication

• Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination 

  UNIFORM CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT EXAMINATION The certified public accountant (CPA) is a designation awarded by a state or other governmental...

  01/01/99 by Bernard Newman Mary Oliverio · More from publication

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