jueves, 22 de noviembre de 2007

VOCABULARY UNIT 7

BACK OFFICE: the departaments of a financial company where routine administrative task are done whithout direc contac with costumers.

BUSINESS PROCESS: any activity that is essencial for a fim to conduct its business.

DATABESE: an organized set of information stored in a computer.

DOWNSIZE: to reduce the number of employees in an organization.

KNOWLEDGE WORK: work that involves developing or using knowledge.

OFFSHORING: transferring work to an outside supplier based in another country.

OUTSOURCE: transferring work to an outside supplier.

OVERHEAD: a cost that does not vary with output.

PILOT PROJET: atrial project test performance.

PRODUCTIVITY: the relationship between the output of goods and resources needed to produce them.

SAVING: money and materials saved by economical working.

SERVICE PROVIDER: a company that provides services for user especially in computer networks.

SHORTAGE: a lack or sarcity of something.

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