The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management

This helpful resource is your one-stop reference guide to learning an array of terminology so you’ll impress your bosses and intimidate your peers.

What on this planet is an acid test ratio, and what does chemistry have to do with anything? How are you able to talk about your chase demand strategy, per request of the board, if you don’t have any idea what they’re talking about? The business world today consists of a continuously growing range of terminology that not even the brightest and most confident MBA graduates can improvise their way through without a thorough understanding of what they’re talking about.

The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management explains accounting rules, legal terminology, slang and buzzwords, acronyms, management theories, historical figures, economic concepts, performance metrics, and more–all of the the most important ideas that have transformed business practices and management science previously 25 years. This book covers a vast range of terminology from all areas of business including:

• management,
• strategy,
• finance,
• human resources,
• economics,
• marketing,
• sales,
• insurance,
• and international business.

With the clear, authoritative explanations of more than 6,000 key business terms in addition to longer entries for ideas needing more elaborate explanations, The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management supplies the depth and clarity needed to better be mindful the expansive and complex business world of the twenty-first century.