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HEADCOUNT REDUCTION

How employees at a place are reduced due to changes in circumstance. It can be drops in sales or services.

HEAT EXHAUSTION

Fatigue buildup that leads to fainting. It causes low blood pressure and blood volume because of dehydration. Rehydrate and rest and a medical doctor can help this.

HEAVY METAL

They can be Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Selenium, and Manganese. They are used in industrial process and carried by air or water. They stay in organs and can be

HERTZBERG’S TWO FACTOR THEORY

The idea that employee satisfaction can motivate or cause dissatisfaction in performance. Frederick Herzberg researched this in the 1950s.

HIERARCHY OF EFFECTS

The give steps of consumer passes. It is awareness, interest, evaluation, conviction, and purchase.

HIGH TRUST SYSTEM

Working with great autonomy and control that uses accountability and responsibility.

HINDSIGHT BIAS

The idea that an event can be predicted after it has already happened.

HOME HEALTH CARE

Care in a patient’s home done by nurses, aids, and therapists part time.

HOMOSKEDASTIC

A structure error that shows errors over the sample. There is no pattern to this error.

HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION

Merging companies on the same production stage. If the products are similar competitors merge. If the market is different it is a monopoly. AKA lateral integration. Refer to vertical integration.

HYBRID MODEL

A corporation owned by family interest that has illiquid capital markets, inactive corporate control, and nascent regulations. Also called a relationship or market model.

HABIT BUYING

Buying the same brand over and over. It is due to lack of negativity rather than loyalty. It involves low involvement products.

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON

A hydrocarbon with atoms of bromine, chlorine, or flourine from group 17. The production of these hydrocarbons are restricted. AKA halocarbon.

HANGING INDENT

A paragraphy style when the first ile is on the left margin and othes are indented the same space. It is in data lists. AKA outdenting.

HARD METAL

A metallic carbide made of tantalum, titanium, tungsten, and vanadium. It is used in tools or steels. AKA cemented carbide.

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