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SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT

The central office or phone number that channels any incoming calls to various people and departments.

SITUATIONAL INTERVIEW

A technique that is used in an interview where the applicant is placed in a certain situation and asked about how to resolve it.

SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP

A leadership model designed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey where effective leadership needs flexibility in style that is dependent on the situation at hand.

SISTERSHIP EXCLUSION

An exclusion method that will prevent the coverage of products that have been withdrawn from the market place.

SIX SIGMA

Developed by Motorola in 1986. It is a business strategy used in many countries to improve its quality of services and products through the removal of errors and defects. 99.99966% of products

SITUATION ANALYSIS

The collection and systematic evaluation of present and past economical, social, political and technological data that is aimed at identifying both internal and external forces on an organisation and assessing the organisations

SINKHOLE COLLAPSE

A dangerous situation caused by the sudden collapse of a land mass into an empty space below it.

SHOW STOPPER

an event, condition, activity or a problem that will bring to a halt another program, activity or process.

SINGLE COUNTERPARTY

A party that can meet all of its commitments by using internal sources and is not burdened by a legal or financial obligation from the other party or parties.

RUSSIAN SERVICE

A form of waiter service faster and less expensive than French service . The food is finished off with garnishes etc in the kitchen and brought to the table by one waiter.

RURAL

An area that is sparsely populated and located away from a city. Characterised by farming areas, open spaces and vegetation.

RUSSELL INDEXES

An equity that is weighted by market capitalisation that is published by the Frank Russell Company. Various indexes have been established such as the Russell 3000 index that measures the top 3000

SITE LICENSE

A license that is purchased for software that is used at one location.

SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE

A point or part of a system where there is no backup in case of failure. The whole system will become disabled.

SICK BUILDING SYNDROME

Acute effects of discomfort or ill health that can be traced back to time spent in a certain place or building for a period of time. Usually occurs in new buildings from

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Harrassment in the workplace or discrimination where unwelcome and unwanted advances are made to a person by one or more other employees. The comments are of a personal nature and often sexual

SCALABLE

1. A plant or facility whose performance, size or user numbers can be increased due to demand without penalties to cost and functionality. 2. A system that is designed to handle different

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