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OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (OC) CURVE

A quality control graph that shows the likelihood that a production lot will contain an acceptable number of defective items using various sampling schemes.

OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS

All those agents or forces that are out of an organization’s control, but can accelerate or restrict the organization?s success.

OPTIMAL CURRENCY AREA

An area in which common currency will improve economic efficiency, based on a theory credited to Robert Mundell.

OPTIONAL DIVIDEND

A dividend that may be paid to a shareholder in the form of cash or additional shares.

ORDINARY INCOME

1. Business: Income that is obtained by day-to-day business transactions, excluding the sale of capital. 2. Personal: The amount of an individual?s income that is subject to full tax rates (and not

ORGANIC POLLUTION

Pollution that occurs when organic substances emit pollutants into the environment. These pollutants can usually be oxidized by naturally occurring micro-organisms.

ORIENTATION

Initial induction of new employees into organizations. Objectives include developing employee commitment, easing anxiety, promoting organizational expectations and explaining what the employee can gain from working with the organization.

OTHER ASSETS

Classification term that applies to minor assets (e.g. scrap value of outmoded equipment) when recorded on balance sheets.

OUT OF CONTROL

The state of a process when outputs / samples are no longer within statistical control. A control chart of such a process will show data points that are not clustered around the

OUTLIER

1. A statistical data point that lies outside of normal distribution. 2. A person who lives or works far from major conurbations.

OUTPUT STANDARD

A measurable standard that expresses the amount of energy, work, goods or services a process should produce in a given period.

OVER-CERTIFICATION

When a certification authority approves a greater payment than is actually due.

OVER-IMPROVEMENT

Occurs when spending money to improve a property is no longer the best use of the property, or is too expensive when compared to the cost of improving other properties.

OVERSHOOT AND COLLAPSE

Activity that occurs when feedback or corrective action is delayed or poor. Most evident in the collapse of economic cycles and social units, when natural resources are exhausted and when an ecosystem

OWNED RECEIVABLES

On their financial statements, a company reports payments received for products or services.

NOMINAL PRICE

The price of an item which is estimated, and has no correlation to the market price. The sole purpose of the nominal price is to initiate a trade. It is used when

NON COST DATA

Data that contains significant information regarding the items being costed but does not include any information related to cost. Some examples include technical descriptions, schedules, etc

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