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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The practice of making use of the creativity, intelligence and expertise of Internet users to carry out a particular activity.

CONT

Crowdsourcing taps into the collective intelligence of online communities to complete business-related tasks that a company would normally either perform itself or outsource to a third-party provider.

OBS

crowdsourcing; crowd-sourcing: terms used in the context of the Blueprint 2020 vision of the federal government of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Pratique qui consiste à faire appel à la créativité, à l'intelligence et au savoir-faire des internautes pour mener à bien une activité particulière.

OBS

La traduction littérale de «crowdsourcing» est «approvisionnement par la foule» [...], mais l'expression ne reflète pas vraiment le sens anglo-saxon du terme [...]

OBS

production participative : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 5 août 2014.

OBS

externalisation ouverte; externalisation à grande échelle; production participative : termes utilisés dans le contexte de la vision pour Objectif 2020 du gouvernement fédéral du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de la producción
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Práctica de negocios por la que se realiza una convocatoria abierta, usualmente por Internet, a un grupo grande de personas para que realicen un determinado trabajo.

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Record 2 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
DEF

A type of business role where the employee interacts directly with the customer, in person.

CONT

Client-facing functions are important and are used to understand the client's needs or to solve problems a computer would have too much difficulty doing. Many companies will automate or outsource this function if it can save expenses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Your organization will likely want to engage the help of consultants to help you develop your e-learning strategy. A good e-learning strategy addresses issues of learning effectiveness and technology. Decisions will have to be made about what you will do in-house and what you will outsource. Do you have instructional designers who can design web-based courses? Does your IT department have the capabilities to develop, host, and maintain your courses? Do you need to select vendors to do some or part of this work? These are just a few of the questions that you will need to answer. An e-learning consultant can help you develop your e-learning strategy that will guide you through this maze.

CONT

It will not matter whether you decide to call yourself an online tutor, e-trainer, learning advisor or online learning consultant, the skills required will be the same. Tutors will need to be engaging, reassuring, welcoming and supporting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 4 2005-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

E-learning that is intended for all or most employees within a company. Often part of a strategic change of direction with a very short timeline. Also used to support a core process such as sales.

CONT

Designing, developing and deploying effective and comprehensive enterprise-wide online learning solutions is difficult and expensive. Most [universities] do not have the internal resources, funding and/or expertise for such a large undertaking. As such, universities will look to outsource to providers who can assist them in the development, maintenance and management of their online learning efforts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

En 2000, le marché canadien de l'apprentissage en ligne en entreprise était évalué à 145 millions de dollars canadiens, une augmentation de 59 p. 100 par rapport à 1999.

Key term(s)
  • apprentissage en ligne d'entreprise

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 5 2000-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Loans
  • Corporate Management
OBS

The CORE Project is the corporate project to outsource Retail Debt Operations and restructure corporate services accordingly.

Key term(s)
  • CORE Project
  • CORE Initiative
  • Corporate Organizational Renewal Project

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Gestion de l'entreprise
OBS

Le projet de renouvellement organisationnel et corporatif mené par la Banque du Canada consiste à sous-traiter les opérations liées aux services relatifs aux titres destinés aux particuliers et à restructurer les Services généraux en conséquence.

Key term(s)
  • projet REOC
  • initiative REOC
  • projet de renouvellement organisationnel et corporatif
  • initiative de renouvellement organisationnel et corporatif

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
CONT

Modular companies aren’t a fad. Their streamlined structure fits today's tumultuous, fast-moving marketplace. Outsourcing noncore activities yields two advantages : First, it holds down the unit costs and investment needed to turn out new products rapidly. Second, it frees companies to direct scare capital where they hold a competitive advantage. [The idea is to] focus on a core competency and outsource the rest.

OBS

module: a structural unit or component with a specific function in a larger unit or system.

OBS

Using the modular model, companies can achieve rapid growth with small amounts of capital and a compact management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)

Spanish

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