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ROLE

The expected behaviour that is associated with a position or the status within a organisation or group. See Roles.

ROLE AMBIGUITY

In Human Resource Management where the position is poorly presented and there is a lack of clear understanding.

ROLE CONFLICT

The lack of compatibility between expectations of a position or job.

ROLE MODEL

A person who others aspire to be like, may be a person alive or dead, someone you know or don’t know but would like to be the same as.

ROLE OVERLOAD

The lack of reasonableness or balance in the extent of expectations from the job or person doing the job.

ROLE PLAYER

A person who has been assigned specific functions or taskin a program, process or project.

ROLE PLAYING

The art of acting out a role other than our own in a training situation.

ROLES

A position or job that has certain expectations that go with them.

ROLL UP COSTS

The effect a wage rise has on benefits that are calculated as a percentage of the wage.

ROLLBACK

1. General. The dismantling of current policies and methods to make way for a new or altered approach.2. GATT.The r emoving of all restrictions to trade that are no longer consistent with

ROLLING

A process in shaping metal ingots where it is passed between two rollers to get a set shape and thickness.

ROLLING BUDGET

The way in which a budget is set at the start of an accounting period is able to be amended reflecting any variances that arise.

ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO-RO)

A ship loading method that does not need cranes to lift cargo on. Cargo is driven onto the ship. See LiftOn.

ROLLOUT

The formal launch of a productor service using media and following a campaign of promotional material.

ROLLOVER RELIEF

Where capital gains tax is not paid as long as the company re-invests in replacing its capital assets.

ROMAN FACE

The upright type face as compared to a slanted type face like italics.

RONALD COASE

Economics Nobel Prize winner for research into transaction costs and right to property.

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