Board of Directors Terms & Definitions

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Disruptive Innovation

Diversification

Disciplinary Action

Disability Insurance

Determination Letter

Digital Transformation

Deferred Compensation

Full-Time Employment

Fraud Detection

Forensic Accounting

Flexible Working Hours

Financial Ratios

Financial Accounting

Financial Analysis

Growth Strategies

Golden Parachute

Horizontal Integration

Hybrid Meetings

Human Resources (HR)

Health Insurance

Involuntary Severance

Investor Relations

Internal Control

Intellectual Property (IP)

Intellectual Property

Insider Trading

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Independent Director

Income Statement

Jury Duty Leave

Just-in-Time (JIT)

Job Satisfaction

Job Description

Knowledge Management

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Learning Organization

Lean Management

Leadership Development

Labor Relations

Minutes of Meeting

Mission Statement

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Meeting Motions

Market Segmentation

Maternity Leave

Market Penetration

Market Development

Management Accounting

Market Capitalization

Non-Executive Director

Non-Compete Agreement

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Nomination Committee

Organizational Structure

Organizational Climate

Organizational Design

Organizational Culture

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

Organizational Chart

Organizational Behavior

Operational Risk

Occupational Health and Safety

Preferred Stock

Performance Metrics

Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)

Performance Appraisal

Paternity Leave

Part-Time Employment

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Quality Control

Quality Assurance

Robert's Rule of Order

Risk Mitigation

Return on Investment (ROI)

Return on Equity (ROE)

Risk Management

Risk Assessment

Retirement Plan

Research and Development (R&D)