Business Research Methods
First line supervisor is a concept that can either be defined as “a person in first-line management who monitors and regulates employees in their performance of assigned or delegated tasks” or as a manager that reports to middle management. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013)
Employee morale is a construct that is known as either a “description of the emotions, attitude, satisfaction, and overall outlook of employees during their time in a workplace environment. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013) or "fuel that drives an organization forward or the fuel that feeds the fires of employee discontent, poor performance, and absenteeism. (Ewton, Z., 2007) Assembly line is a concept, described as a(robotic or human)worker is assigned one very specific task, which he or she simply repeats, and then the process moves to the next worker who does his or her task, until the task is completed and the product is made. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013). Also as devises "that are only economical for manufacturers to use at high outputs. However, large production runs increase the chances for manufacturing mistakes that produce defective products a manufacturer can 't sell. Big production outputs also may leave manufacturers stuck with a large number of products that can 't be sold due to a drop in consumer demand."(Burks, 2013, Assembly Line vs. Batch Process) Overdue accounts is a concept, defined as loans, bills of exchange, and other obligations remaining unpaid past their due (or maturity) date. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013) Likewise known as "a normal expense category account whose balance increases with a debit transaction. The other account, Allowance for doubtful accounts is an asset category account" However, "Writing off the debt this way, incidentally, does not relieve the debtor of the obligation to pay. The seller undertakes the write off in the interest of accounting accuracy, but the customer is still liable for the
Employee morale is a construct that is known as either a “description of the emotions, attitude, satisfaction, and overall outlook of employees during their time in a workplace environment. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013) or "fuel that drives an organization forward or the fuel that feeds the fires of employee discontent, poor performance, and absenteeism. (Ewton, Z., 2007) Assembly line is a concept, described as a(robotic or human)worker is assigned one very specific task, which he or she simply repeats, and then the process moves to the next worker who does his or her task, until the task is completed and the product is made. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013). Also as devises "that are only economical for manufacturers to use at high outputs. However, large production runs increase the chances for manufacturing mistakes that produce defective products a manufacturer can 't sell. Big production outputs also may leave manufacturers stuck with a large number of products that can 't be sold due to a drop in consumer demand."(Burks, 2013, Assembly Line vs. Batch Process) Overdue accounts is a concept, defined as loans, bills of exchange, and other obligations remaining unpaid past their due (or maturity) date. (http://www.businessdictionary.com, 2013) Likewise known as "a normal expense category account whose balance increases with a debit transaction. The other account, Allowance for doubtful accounts is an asset category account" However, "Writing off the debt this way, incidentally, does not relieve the debtor of the obligation to pay. The seller undertakes the write off in the interest of accounting accuracy, but the customer is still liable for the
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