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The ability to measure the financial success or failure of an enterprise is driven by the double-entry bookkeeping system, a financial accounting system that dates to the 13th century and an Italian mathematician named Luca Pacioli. This list of accounting terms from TechRepublic Premium will help you grasp the vocabulary and the concepts underlying this ...
The use of social media to promote company business, provide customers with announcements and information, present upcoming milestone dates and otherwise interact with the public is now commonplace among organizations. From the smallest one-person shop to the largest multinational corporation, almost every company striving to turn a profit has a social media presence. The purpose ...
Developing a financial budget requires knowledge about the business, the company and the industry, as well as familiarity with budgetary terminology. This list of essential terms, courtesy of TechRepublic Premium, will help you master the basic vocabulary. From the glossary: ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING The booking of revenues when they are invoiced or expenditures when they are ...
This Remote Access Checklist from TechRepublic Premium should be used to ensure all employees have the requisite items, accounts, access and instructions needed for remote work. It should be filled out by the IT department and signed off on by the employee and their supervisor/manager. This checklist can be customized to meet the needs of ...
Numerous instances of disaster scenarios outside organizational control have affected companies and their personnel as of late, with disastrous results. This includes hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, wildfires, floods and earthquakes. This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for companies to use when responding to severe weather activity and emergencies. From the policy: Senior management will be ...
In rare, but not unprecedented circumstances, local law enforcement or other official local authorities will issue a shelter-in-place order. Typically, such an order applies to a small geographical area that may include one or more enterprise facilities. Shelter-in-place orders usually last for a few hours. This policy from TechRepublic Premium will certify compliance with the ...
The prevalence of teleconferencing demonstrates the need for a set of concrete guidelines as to how teleconferencing should be conducted. This includes the expectations for employees, organizations and the conference meetings themselves. The purpose of this Teleconferencing Policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide requirements for conducting successful and professional teleconferences, whether at home or ...
Amidst the growing landscape of data storage methods and functions, keeping up with the terminology used to describe the technology has become challenging as well. This quick glossary from TechRepublic Premium is intended to serve as a guide to defining common storage terms and noteworthy storage service providers. From the glossary: ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION Asynchronous replication ...
Phone interviews can save time and speed up the hiring process. This cheat sheet from TechRepublic Premium will make it easy to ask both general and job-specific questions, allowing you to compare candidates systematically. Questions from the cheat sheet: Can you describe a work experience where you were part of a project or initiative and ...
Remote work has become a staple in the business world, especially in light of some companies permanently closing their office locations and transitioning their employees into a full remote work environment. The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to establish appropriate guidelines for the remote workforce, including what sort of environments they should ...
For many industries and enterprises, efficient manufacturing requires at least some form of robotic automation. In fact, in some instances, companies could not compete or survive without it. Along with this growing reliance on robotics in modern manufacturing comes the need to have a working knowledge of robotics terminology. TechRepublic Premium presents this quick glossary ...
Phone interviews can save time and speed up the hiring process. This cheat sheet will make it easy to ask both general and job-specific questions, allowing you to compare candidates for the field/systems engineer job systematically. Questions from the cheat sheet: In what type of corporate culture do you thrive best and why? Have you ...
Voice engineers are responsible for installing, operating and managing voice communication systems — a critically important role for any business. This cheat sheet from TechRepublic Premium provides a section of general questions, followed by job-specific questions aimed at determining candidates’ experience, skills and suitability for the voice engineer position. Questions from the cheat sheet: Describe ...
Whether you work for a company completely committed to the cloud, relying exclusively on a physical data center or utilizing a hybrid of the two, supporting the business through proper setups and maintenance makes server know-how even more critical. This checklist from TechRepublic Premium is intended to provide management guidelines and solutions to many of ...
An internal service level agreement for IT support describes the types of services, the service levels and the responses to end-user requests that the IT help desk will provide. The purpose of this SLA from TechRepublic Premium is to define a set of guidelines for services and support for the internal IT help desk and ...