A focus on action to meet the immediate situation (with a time horizon from minutes to months) that requires standard procedures and structures with an expectation of prompt, measurable results Usually it has a relatively clear linkage between cause and effect and contains much hard data often conveniently available for decision making
Operating profits and costs are the money that a company earns and spends in carrying out its ordinary trading activities, in contrast to such things as interest and investment. The group made operating profits of £80m before interest
involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond
being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"
{s} relating to or used in surgery (e.g. tools, table, etc.); acting, functioning; managing, using, activating
systems The most important program that runs on a computer Every general-purpose computer must have an operating system to run other programs Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers Webopedia
- Maintaining the ongoing functions of an agency or service "Operating expenses" include wages, benefits, supplies, and services "Operating assistance" is used to pay for the costs of providing public transit service
System (OS) A software that serves as mediator between the hardware and the applications