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Accounting
noun
The action or process of keeping financial accounts.
Example: Goal setting is often seen as a complex and difficult to sustain when dealing with complex jobs such as research or ACCOUNTING, which are not always easy to measure, being clearly the case of ISNAR.
en: Comptabilité
Analyze
verb
Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.
Example: This can be compared to experimental data to ANALYZE the mathematical model.
en: Analyser
Communication
noun
The imparting or exchanging of information or news.
Example: This is linked to COMMUNICATION, it is essential that the person in this role has good COMMUNICATION skills as they will need to set the goals of what is trying to be achieved by the work carried out, and they will also need to convey work and tasks to employees clearly, this is especially important in this working environment, as carrying out a task wrong can have very large consequences that may affect the survival of the business such as the spraying off, or cutting of the wrong crop.
en: Communication
Cryptocurrency
noun
A digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by a centralized authority.
Example: Indeed, CRYPTOCURENCY is a way of life for some people. Staunch Bitcoin believers see its decentralized ethos as the way of the future.
en: Cryptomonnaie
Customer service
noun/adjective
The assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services.
Example: For good CUSTOMER SERVICE you do need an efficient system for the reasons detailed above, but you must also ensure that the interaction between the system and the customer is of a high standard.
en: Service à la clientèle
Expansion
noun
The action of becoming larger or more extensive./ A thing formed by the enlargement, broadening, or development of something.
Example: Sites should also have adequate utilities supplies to them such as electric and water, with scope for potential future EXPANSION if necessary. Potential for building EXPANSION, including planning permission considerations (stables are not classed as an agricultural use) is also a good idea if you are serious about diversification.
en: Expansion
Initiatives
noun
The ability to assess and initiate things independently. / The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do.
Example: By looking into the measures and INITIATIVES adopted to support the participation of these three categories of workers, as well as data on the actual employment levels for each of these groups, this essay has attempted to demonstrate that activities to support female work involvement have been the most effective, followed by measures for older workers, with INITIATIVES assisting younger employees having most limited success.
en: Initiatives
Innovate
verb
Make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
Example: Indeed, entrepreneurs are fundamentally marketer and must be able to INNOVATE within, where more successful entrepreneurs are more acute in managing organizational changes, necessary to absorb the transactions.
en: Innover
Investment
noun
The action or process of investing money for profit or material result.
Example: The main issue related to those changes in extension practices is related to INVESTMENT in human capital, where professionals need to learn how to work in partnership, changing behaviour and attitudes towards users and providers.
en: Investissement
Leadership
noun
The action of leading a group of people or an organization.
Example: There are three functions of LEADERSHIP; these are motivation, communication and encouraging teamwork. Communication is a vital part of LEADERSHIP as the ability to communicate will affect motivation and the success of the business.
en: Leadership
Marketing
noun
The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.
Example: Many sheep milk farmers process their own milk to give them better control over the MARKETING of their produce.
en: Commercialisation
Negotiation
noun
Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
Example: Therefore, NEGOTIATION and organisational skills need to be acquired in order to be able to successfully run a project.
en: Négotiation
Oversee
verb
Supervise (a person or work), especially in an official capacity.
Example: The Agency put together a body to OVERSEE the project management of the design and implementation of the new system, known to the Agency as a Project Steering Committee, chaired by the Agency's Chief Executive.
en: Superviser
Partnership
noun
A partnership is a formal arrangement by two or more parties to manage and operate a business and share its profits.
Example: The PARTNERSHIP might vanish easily if the commitment from the partner is vulnerable or from Intel's blockade. For example, AMD could not convince IBM on a commercial PC business PARTNERSHIP because Intel offered IBM millions of dollars in market development funds (Kanellos, 2005).
en: Partenariat
Performance
noun
The action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.
Example: But, as several projects were very well evaluated in terms of PERFORMANCE and relevance, and were still fully funded, an alliance with a sister organization called IFPRI was approved by both Board of Trustees.
en: Performance
Planning
noun
The process of planning activities or events in an organized way so that they are successful or happen on time.
Example: For example, the job descriptions of extension staff should be modified to include the additional tasks required by the participatory approach, such as work PLANNING and budgeting.
en: Planification
Profits
noun
A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
Example: The project aim is: "To bring savings in operational costs and to increase PROFITS, by increasing employee flexibility, commitment to teamwork and improved customer service through the multipurpose teams and the implementation of internet connectivity" The objectives are a more detailed set of statements of what the project is going to deliver.
en: Profits
Supply
noun
A stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource.
Example: However, due to out migration of people from the rural areas to the urban areas, an ever increasing demand for food, declining soil fertility, overgrazing and soil erosion the SUPPLY of produce, in this case, groundnuts, is restricted.
en: Approvisionnement
To optimise
verb
Make the best or most effective use of (a situation, opportunity, or resource)./To give something, a machine, a company, etc., the optimum return by creating the most favorable conditions or by making the most of them.
Example: In consequence, growers in order TO OPTIMISE production and profitability have to adopt other systems, such as integrated pest management instead of empirical functions. ((The Europe Acacia project, 2000) Long-term adaptations include the use of new and more resistant varieties and change of land use (The Europe Acacia project, 2000).
en: Optimiser
Training
noun
The action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior.
Example: For institutionalisation of participation, TRAINING courses need to be integrated into a mid-term organisational and personnel development strategy focused on the problem-solving capacity of individuals and organisational units (Scherler et al, 1998). Some hints to improve TRAINING of staff are: A "living" participation in normal working situations is more effective than a formal TRAINING.
