Safety Needs

The need for peace and security.
UCB

Sales Orientation

Firms focus on promoting their products.
UCB

Sales Promotion

The promotional tool that stimulates consumer purchasing and dealer interest by means of short-term activities (displays, shows, exhibitions, and contests, etc.).
UCB

Sample

A representative group of a market population.
UCB

Schedule

The project timeline, identifying the dates (absolute or relative to a start date) that project tasks will begin and completed, resources will be required and upon which milestones will be reached.

Scientific Management

The study of workers to find the most efficient way of doing things and then teaching people those techniques.
UCB

Scope

The project scope is defined in terms of three dimensions-product, project and impact. Product scope is the full set of features and functions to be provided as a result of the project. Project scope is the work that has to be done to deliver the product. Impact scope is the depth and breadth of involvement by, and effect on, the performing and client organizations.

Seasonal Unemployment

Unemployment that occurs where the demand for labour varies over the year.
UCB

Secondary Data

Already-published research information from journals, trade associations, the government, information services, libraries, and other sources.
UCB

Self-Actualization Needs

The needs for achievement and to be all you can be.
UCB

Self-directed learning

Informal training or self-directed learning refers to activities such as: seeking advice from someone knowledgeable; using the Internet or other software; observing someone performing a task; consulting books or manuals; or teaching yourself different ways of doing certain tasks.
CCL

Self-Esteem Needs

The need for self-confidence and status.
UCB

Service Contract

A service contract is an agreement between a recipient and a contractor (second party) in which the contractor agrees to provide directly with goods or services at an agreed price. It is subject to GST/HST payments over and above the contracted costs. Examples of direct services or goods received by recipients include contracts with external service providers for such services as translation, evaluation, audits, or professional services. It could also involve the hiring of consultants for staff training, providing workshops, or organizing forums.

Service Sector

Produces services – like financial, information, marketing, health, recreational, or repair services – not goods.
UCB

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Manufacturing

Small Enterprises: Less than 100 employees and Less than $CDN $5M in sales

Medium Enterprises: 100-500 employees and $CDN 5-20M in sales.

Services

Small Enterprises: Less than 50 employees and Less than CDN$5M in sales

Medium Enterprises 50-500 employees and CDN$5-20M in sales.

Small Business

A business that is independently operated, not dominant in its field, and meets certain standards of size in terms of employees and annual receipts.
UCB

Social Needs

The need to feel loved, accepted, and part of the group.
UCB

Societal Orientation

Includes a consumer orientation, but adds programs designed to improve the community, protect the environment, and satisfy other social goals.
UCB

Stakeholder

Stakeholder is a person, group or organization who can have an influence on or will be influenced by the project or its outcomes.

Statistical significance

Is a measure of how likely it is that the reported result or difference was obtained by chance. For example, a result that is significant at the .05 level, the likelihood that the result was obtained by chance is less than five times out of 100. If the result of difference was significant at the .01 level, the result or difference was likely to have occurred less than one out of 100 times.
CCL