Academic Vocabulary
A central bank may raise interest rates to slow down inflation, or increase the speed of economic growth. What is a synonym for the bolded term?
What is to accelerate?
This is the term for being surplus in a company, often leading to layoffs, or being rendered useless.
What is to be redundant?
To reach a wider audience, a company must spread its products across multiple international markets.
What is to distribute?
Employees are expected to come across unforeseen problems when launching a new product.
What is to encounter?
This is the action of being questionable, shady, or untrustworthy. Made popular by the video game Among Us.
What is to be "sus"?
This is the result of automation in a factory, often leading to worker removal from position.
What is displacement?
When a firm must choose between cost-cutting and quality, it faces a management difficult situation.
What is a dilemma?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Managers are facing a tough decision; they must turn aside from their original plan due to unexpected competitor actions.
What is to deflect?
The ratio of output to input is the measure of worker effectiveness.
What is productivity?
No lie; for real; completely true. Used to emphasize honesty and sincerity.
What is "no cap"?
A manager must move project funds from the R&D department to marketing.
What is to transfer?
New software should produce [or this synonym] reports on sales data more quickly than the old system.
What is to generate?
The company's new digital strategy will completely change its business model in the next two years.
What is to transform?
This is the type of statement that a company creates to outline their company's vision.
What is a "mission statement"?
To impress, dominate, or perform something exceptionally well (the synonym has a culinary equivalent).
What is to "cook"?
Achieving goals with minimal waste is key to measuring a team's effectiveness in a short timeframe. What is a synonym for the bolded word?
What is efficiency?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Unequal distribution of income within a society is referred to by this term.
What is inequality?
Senior leadership must take responsibility for the major failure of the project.
What is accountability?
In which directions do the supply and demand curves go?
What is upwards for the supply curve and downwards for the demand curve?
When one has charisma, and usually applies it in a flirtation manner, it is referred to as what?
What is "rizz"?
Companies like McKinsey & Company, BCG, and KLM offer this type of service to other companies and service providers.
What is consulting?
Whenever a woman succeeds in a field with many obstacles, the common phrase is that she shattered this _____.
What is "the glass ceiling"?
This is the name of a company/service provider that has complete buying power.
What is a monopsony?
The founding documents and rules make up [or this synonym] the official structure of the organization.
What is to constitute?
Whenever there is something old-fashioned or out of date, you usually say this to the person implying that they are old (and from a specific generation).
What is "Ok, Boomer"?