Key Terms
How Many Do You Know?
Below are some Fun, and Not So Fun words you will hear in the Psychology of Business. Over the years, I have come to know many of them from Personal Success & Dismal Failure. If you are interested in a Business Management Degree, this would be a Great Place to Observe Your Interest in learning more about these topics.
A
Advocating
​​Anxiety
Assertive Communication
Attachment
Anhedonia
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Assets
AP/AR Turnover Ratio
Acquisition
Amortization
Annuity
Asset Turnover Ratio
Audit
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D
Dialecticatal Behavior
Decay Theory
Declaritive Memory
Deductive Reasoning
Decision Making
Defenses
Delusions
Dependent Variables
Drive
Debt
Depreciation
Diversification
Dividend
Downsizing
Due Diligence
Discount Rate
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B
Behavior Change
Belief Systems
Boundaries
Balance Sheet
Break-Even Analysis
Budget
Business Model
Bottom Line
Benchmarking
Branding
Break Even Point
Business Plan
Burn Rate
Buyout
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E
Electives
Educational Awareness
Emotional Reasoning
Empathy
E-commerce
Equity
Entrepreneurship
EBIT
Economies of Scale
Executive Summary
Exit Strategy
EPS
ESOPs
Ethics
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C
Cognitive Behavioral Issues
Communication Skills
Conditioning
​Customer Relationship Management
​Capital Investment
Cash Flow
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Customer Acquisition Cost
Current Assets
Current Liabilites
Current Ratio
Corporation
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Competitive Advantage
Consolidation
Conversion Rate
Credit
Cycle Time
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F
Factoring
Fair Market Value
Fiduciary
Fiscal Year
Fixed Cost Et Al
Franchise
Fulfilment
FIFO
Fiscal Policy
FOREX
Floating
Fraud
Feedback
Forecasting
Fitness
Follow up
Friendship
Failure
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G
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Growth
Gratitude
Goal Setting
Generosity
Gottman
Gap Year
G&A
GDP
Guerrilla Marketing
General Ledger
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J
Justification
Joblessness
Joint Venture​
Job Description
JIT
Junk Bonds
Journaling
Jurisdiction
Jobber
Judgement
Junior Debt
Jumbo Loan
Job Costing
Job Satisfaction
Joint & Sevral Liability
Judicial Review
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H
Habits
Happiness
Headhunter
Hedge Funds
Hard Skills
Home Office
Horizontal Integration
Human Resources
Health Insurance
Hope
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K
Keeping Promises
KPIs
Kickbacks
Keynote Speaker
Knowledge Management
Kaizen
Keiretsu
Key Account
Kickstarter
Kicker
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I
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Impulse Control
I-Statements
Internal Motivation
Insurance
Income Statement
IPO
Interest Rate
Invoice
Inventory
Innovation
Itellectual Property
Incentives
Influencer
Interviewing
Independent Contractor
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L
Low Self Esteem
Laziness
Lonliness
Lack of Motivation
Listing
Liability
Liquidity
Leverage
Lien
Loan
Line of Credit
Ledger
Liquidation
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M
Management
Motivation
Manipulation
Motor Skills
Mastery
Marketing
Market Share
Merger
Marginal Cost
Mission Statement
Market Segmentation
Micro/Macro Economics
Monetization
Multinational Corporations
Market Penetration
Marginal Revenue
Maturity Stage
MIS
Market Research
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P
Participation
Productivity
Postivity
Powerlessness
Possibility
Profit
Product
Pricing
Promotion
Partnership
Porfolio
Procurement
Productivity
Patent
Public Relations
Profit & Loss Statement
Private Equity
Project Management
Performance Metrics
Pivot
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N
Negative Self Talk
Negativity
Normalizing
Natural Selection
Nesting
Nutrition
Net Income
NPV
Non-disclosure Agreement
Net Worth
Niche Market
Non-Compete Claus
Net Sales
Non-current Assets
Net Operating Income
Non-performing Asset
Net Profit Margin
Non-Tariff Barriers
Net Working Capital
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Q
Quiet Time
Questioning
Quality Assurance
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantity
Quality Control
Quota
Quick Ratio
Quorum
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Quarter
Qualified Opinion
Quality Management System (QMS)
Qualitative Easing
Quotation
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O
Opostional Behavior
Obsolecense
Objective Reasoning
Operations
Openess
Ownership
Operating Expenses
Overhead
Operating Income
Operating Margin
Opportunity Cost
Options (financial)
Outstanding Shares
Overdraft
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R
Radical Acceptaance
Rationalizing
Reasoning
Realativity
Relationships
Revenue
Return on Investment
Risk Management
Retained Earnings
Restructuring
Receivables
Recession
Retention Rate
Regulatory Compliance
Resource Allocation
Rebranding
Real Estate
Royalties
Rate of Return
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S
Sadness
Solution Focused
Summarizing
SWAT Analysis
Severity
S Corp
S&P 500
Sales Tax
Savings Account
Securities & Exchange Commission
Self-Employment Tax
Sole Proprietorship
Supply & Demand
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V
Visualization
Verbal Cues
Virtual Awareness
Valuation
Vocational Training
Verbalizing
Vertical Integration
Venture Capitalist
Vesting
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T
Transtherortical Model
Transference
Temporal Lobe
Temper
Tax Haven
Tariff
Tax Return
Tender Offer
Term Loan
Trademark
Trade Credit
Treasury Bill
Trust
Tactical Planning
Team Building
Telecom
Throughput
Time Management
Turnover Rate
Tagline
Target Audience
Teaser Campaign
Telemarketing
Testimonial
Trade Show
Tradmark
Transaction
Trade deficit
Trade surplus
Trickle-down Economics
Technical Support
Teleconference
Trouble Shooting
Turnkey Solution
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W
Warning Signs
Worry
Warmth
Wanting
Wasted Time
Workforce
Working Capital
Wholesale
Warranty
Workflow
Write-Off
Weighted Average Cost
Winding Up
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U
Universality
Uncomfortable Situations
Unemployment
Underestimation
Ultimatums
Upwork
Upscale
Upsell
Underpreform
Undersutilize
Uncompetitive
Undercut
Unforseen
Underwrite
Unethical
Unprofitable
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X
Xenophobia
X Axis
Xstacy
Xerox Copies
XML Markup
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Y
Y-Axis
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Youngs Schema Theory
Yale-Brown OCD Scale
Yalom
Youth Self-report
Year-over-year
Yield
Yellow Flag
Yardstick
Yield Management
Year-end
Yellow Collar
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Z
Zen
Zone of Proximal Developement
Z-Score
Zero Balance Account
Zombie Debt
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123
360 degree feedback
80/20 Rule
5S Methodology
4 P's of Marketing
3C's Model
5 Whys
1099 Contractor
401(k)
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