With this glossary, you'll be able to have a better understanding of the words related to Socials' Sciences in Commerce that I'm going to use on my blog. This will be a 20 words glossary, and I used google and WordReference to help me do the glossary.
business
noun
A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.
Example: The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the BUSINESS, and its goal over the next two years I will perform a SWOT analysis for the BUSINESS, and use this to decide on a goal for the BUSINESS to achieve over the next two years.
en: entreprise
collaboration
noun
The action of working with someone to produce or create something.
Example: Chaudhuri and Michael Mornieau have argued, the atmosphere was more of 'competition rather than COLLABORATION' Perhaps to come to the aid of the struggling Portugese East India company, Admiral Albuqueque raided Calicut with his gunboats as early as 1500 to expel the Muslim merchants.
en: collaboration
commerce
noun
The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.
Example: Unfortunately, New York in particular did not have the experience in international financial management as London nor did it hold quite such crucial role in the health of international COMMERCE.
en: commerce
consumer
noun
A person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
Example: If a product only triggered off neutral feelings, then CONSUMER's attitude and then behaviour would not be likely to change, but here an element of surprise is involved.
en: consommateur
cooperative
noun
A farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits.
Example: It has been observed that technical standard setting and patent pools potentially raise competition policy issues since they are established through a COOPERATIVE act among private companies in a free market.
en: coopérative
economics
noun
The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
Example: Introduction Looking at ECONOMICS and welfare internationally, it appears to be deeply heterogeneous.
en: économie
firm
noun
A business concern, especially one involving a partnership of two or more people.
Example: Introduction Capital budgeting decisions are critical because they are irreversible, (or costly to do so), they involve large amounts of cash outlays for a considerable number of years and are effectively the implementation and evolvement of the FIRM's long-term strategy.
en: compagnie
geography
noun
The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
Example: Outside of institutional frameworks, economic historians also focus on GEOGRAPHY 's impact on economic growth incentives.
en: géographie
history
noun
The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Example: Recent developments in evolutionary genetics include exploring the use of the male Y-chromosome to represent male HISTORY, instead of the mitochondrial 'female' HISTORY.
en: histoire
investment
noun
The action or process of investing money for profit or material result.
Example: A fall in real interest rate might induce firms to increase their planned INVESTMENT.
en: investissement
management
noun
The process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
Example: In other industries there are many different classes of MANAGEMENT, but in my position of farm manager I am a general manager.
en: gestion
marketing
noun
The activity or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.
Example: Identifying the Market At the heart of any agricultural enterprise is MARKETING, as there must be demand for what is produced before you consider how to make it and what price to sell it at.
en: commercialisation
mathematics
noun
The abstract science of number, quantity, and space. Mathematics may be studied in its own right ( pure mathematics ), or as it is applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering ( applied mathematics ).
Example: Imagine it is the early 1830s and you are writing a letter of advice to a very good student of yours who is about to go to travel abroad to study MATHEMATICS.
en: mathématiques
organisation
noun
The action of organizing something.
Example: It is worth noting, that the instruments encouraging farmer co-operation proved to be effective in the former EU-15, as they resulted in high levels of market ORGANISATION, expressed in the percentage of production marketed through producer organisations, shown in table 1.
en: organisation
philosophy
noun
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
Example: Oscar Wilde described this absurd quote as a PHILOSOPHY, and to some extent it is a PHILOSOPHY by which much of his literature exists.
en: philosophie
productive
adjective
Achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
Example: Fatigued employees are not as PRODUCTIVE and safe as are alert employees.
en: productif
psychology
noun
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Example: The psychological work of Sigmund Freud hugely affected the writings in Modernist literature as can be seen through the recurrent themes of time and PSYCHOLOGY, and the obsession with language and the true expression of thoughts.
en: psychologie
social
adjective
Relating to society or its organization.
Example: It is not only a matter of maximum yields and efficiency, it is more likely a matter of obtaining the best possible results, at lowest possible risk levels, with scarce resources and harsh conditions and considering the SOCIAL and cultural context of the community.
en: social
sociology
noun
The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.
Example: Occupational science examines human behaviour incorporating some SOCIOLOGY, psychology and anthropology.
en: sociologie
teaching
noun
The occupation, profession, or work of a teacher.
Example: However, it is difficult to apply psychological theories to a specific task, such as; TEACHING a breathing exercise.
