Reference for Business Concepts

Concepts relevant to public management in a pair of encyclopedias on business and management

The Reference for Business site (click image on right or go to http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/) provides hundreds of well-written essays on concepts relevant to public management.

This table below lists the 447 entries from the Encyclopedia of Business and the Encyclopedia of Management that we believe to be highly relevant to public management.

As we develop the concept entries on the Atlas, we plan to draw on many of these entries for content as well as to use the list to help ensure the completeness of our selection of “core concepts” – those with which we believe all MPP and MPA graduates should be familiar.

In other words, we believe that our list of MPP/MPA core concepts will include most of the terms in the table below.

447 entries in Encyclopedia of Business and Encyclopedia of Management
judged highly relevant to public management

Accounting Affirmative Action Activity-Based Costing Agency Theory Algorithms Amortization Arbitrage Arbitration and Mediation The Art and Science of Management Artificial Intelligence (AI) Auditing Autonomy Balance of Trade Balance Sheet Balanced Scorecard Benchmarking Board of Directors Body Language Bookkeeping Brainstorming Brands and Brand Names Break-Even Analysis Break-Even Point Bribery Budgeting Business Continuity Planning Business Cycles Business Education Business Ethics Business Literature Business Plan Business Planning Capital Budget Capital Gain/Loss Capital Markets Capital Structure Capitalism Capitalization Rate Capitalized Costs Career and Family Issues Career Development Cartel Cash Cow Cash Flow Statement Cash Management Case Method of Analysis Cash Flow Analysis and Statement Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) Chain of Command Principle Chaos Theory Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Coalition Building Communication Competition Competitive Advantage Complexity Theory Compliance Auditing Computer Networks Computer Security Confidence Interval Conflict of Interest Conflict Management Conflict Management and Negotiation Consulting Consumer Behavior Contingency Approach to Management Contingent Workers Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Trends Continuous Improvement Corporate Governance Corporate Social Responsibility Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Cost Accounting Cost Benefit Analysis Cost Control Cost of Capital Costs Creativity Credit Crisis Management Critical Path Method Customer Relationship Management Cycle Time Data Processing and Data Management Debt vs. Equity Financing Decision Making Decision Rules and Decision Analysis Decision Support Systems Delegation Deregulation Discrimination Diversity Downsizing and Rightsizing Economics Economies of Scale and Economies of Scope Effectiveness and Efficiency Empathy Employee Assistance Programs Employee Benefits Employee Compensation Employee Evaluation and Performance Appraisals Employee Handbook and Orientation Employee Recruitment Planning Employee Screening and Selection Employment Law and Compliance Empowerment Enterprise Resource Planning Entrepreneurship Ethics Experience and Learning Curves Expert Systems Facilitator Feedback Financial Issues for Managers Financial Ratios First-Mover Advantage Five S Framework Forecasting Futuring Gap Analysis Generic Competitive Strategies Globalization Goals and Goal Setting Database Management Systems Debit and Credit System Debt Decision Making Decision Support Systems Decision Tree Default Delphi Technique Depreciation Derivative Securities Devaluation (Money) Development Banks Direct Investment Discount Rate Discounted Cash Flow Discretionary Income Discriminant Analysis Diversity Culture Dividends Due Diligence Dumping Duopoly Durable Goods Econometrics Economic Conditions Economic Development Economic Forecasts Economic Policy Economies of Scale

Economies of Scope Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Embezzlement Employee Motivation Employee Rights Employee Turnover Employment Empowerment Entrepreneurship Error Analysis Excess Profits Tax Expected Value Experience and Learning Curves Expert Systems Externalities Factor Analysis Fascism Fiduciary Duty Finance Financial Engineering Financial Institutions Financial Ratios Financial Statements Flow Charts Focus Groups Forecasting Free Trade Futures/Futures Contracts Game Theory Gender and Leadership Gender Discrimination Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Government-University-Industry Partnerships Gray Market Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross National Product (GNP) Groupthink Group Decision Making Group Dynamics Handbooks and Manuals Hawthorne Experiments Hedging Hours of Labor Human Capital Human Resource Information Systems Human Resource Management Hypothesis Testing Income and Revenue Income Statements Independent Contractors Industrial/Organizational Psychology Industrial Relations Inflation Information Technology Infrastructure Injunction Input-Output Analysis Initial Public Offering Innovation Instant Messaging Intangible Assets Intellectual Capital Intellectual Property Interest Rates Internal Auditing International Cultural Differences International Exchange Rate International Finance International Law International Management Societies and Associations International Organization for Standardization Internet and World Wide Web Internships Intrapreneurship Investment Analysis Investment Banking Japanese Management Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances Junk Bonds Knowledge Management Knowledge Workers Labor Economics Labor Unions Labor-Management Relations Laissez Faire Layoffs Leadership Leadership Styles and Bases of Power Leadership Theories and Studies Leading Economic Indicators Lean Manufacturing and Just-in-Time Production Leasing Least Squares Leverage Liabilities Licensing Agreements Licensing and Certification, Occupational Line-and-Staff Organizations Listening Loans Lobbying Macroeconomics Macroenvironmental Forces Maintenance Make-or-Buy Decisions Management Management Audit Management Control Management Functions Management Information Systems Management Levels Management Science Management Styles Management Thought Management and Executive Development Managerial Accounting Managerial Economics Managing Change Market Research Market Segmentation Market Value Marketing Marketing Strategy Matching Concept Matrix Management and Structure Marketing Research Mechanistic Organizations Meeting Management Mentoring Mercantilism Metrics and Measurement Microeconomics Miles and Snow Typology Mission and Vision Statements Mission and Vision Statements Mixed Economy Models and Modeling Monetarism Money Market Instruments Money Supply Monte Carlo Method Morale Mortgages/Mortgage-Backed Securities Motivation and Motivation Theory Multicultural Workforce Multivariate Analysis Multiple-Criteria Decision Making Mutual Funds National Debt Negligence Nepotism Nondurable Goods Nonparametric Statistics Nonprofit Organizations

North American Industry Classification System Occupational Information Network Occupational Mobility and Retraining Office Automation Office Management Oligopoly On-the-Job Training Open and Closed Systems Open Economy Operations Management Operations Strategy Opportunity Cost Options/Options Contracts Organic Organizations Organization Theory Organizational Chart Organizational Culture Organizational Development Organizational Learning Organizational Structure Organizing Overhead Expense Participative Management Partnerships Patents and Trademarks Performance Appraisal and Standards Performance Measurement Personal Income Tax Personality and Personality Tests Peter Principle Pioneers of Management Planning Policies and Policy Making Popular Press Management Books Porter’s 5-Forces Model Present Value Price Indexes Prime Rate Prisoner’s Dilemma Privatization Pro Forma Statement Problem Solving Problem-Solving Styles Process Management Productivity Concepts and Measures Professional Readings for Managers Program Evaluation and Review Technique and Critical Path Method Project Management Public Debt Public Relations Purchasing and Procurement Purchasing Power Quality Control Quality Gurus Quality and Total Quality Management Quality of Work Life Queuing Theory Random Walk Theory Ranking Reinforcement Theory Recession Regression Analysis Reliability Replacement Cost Request for Proposal Research and Development Resumes Resumes and Cover Letter Trends Risk Management Sales Tax SWOT Analysis Scenario Planning Securities and Investments Self-Employment Sensitivity Training Sexual Harassment Simple Interest Simulation Sinking Fund Socialism and Communism Span of Control Speculation Spirituality in Leadership Spreadsheets Stakeholder Theory Stakeholders Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) Standardization Statistical Analysis for Management Statistical Process Control and Six Sigma Statistics Stochastic Processes Stock Market Strategic Alliances Strategic Planning Failure Strategic Planning Tools Strategy Strategy Formulation Strategy Implementation Strategy Levels Strategy in the Global Environment Stress Stress in the Workplace Subsidies Succession Planning Supervision Supply Chain Management Sustainable Development Sustainable Growth Synergy Systems Analysis Systems Design Task Analysis Taxes and Taxation Teams Teams and Teamwork Technological Forecasting Technology Management Technology Transfer Theory of Constraints Theory X and Theory Y Theory Z Time-Based Competition Time Management Time Series Analysis Total Quality Management (TQM) Trade Barriers Trade Deficit Training and Development Training Delivery Methods Transaction Costs Transfer Pricing Treasurer Trends in Organizational Change Trusts and Trustees Underground Economy Utilitarianism Utility Theory Valuation Value-Added Tax Value Creation Venture Capital Virtual Organizations Vocational Education Wealth White Collar Crime Women and Minorities in Management Workforce Working Capital Zero-Based Budgeting Zero Sum Game

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