functional noun

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• Functional fixedness — is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. The concept of functional fixedness originated in Gestalt Psychology, a movement in psychology that emphasizes holistic processing. Karl Duncker …   Wikipedia

• functional — func‧tion‧al [ˈfʌŋkʆnəl] adjective [only before a noun] 1. connected with the purpose for which something is made or used, or with the job that someone does: • Three key functional areas of management are marketing, production and personnel… …   Financial and business terms

• functional calculus — noun a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions) • Syn: ↑predicate calculus • Hypernyms: ↑symbolic logic, ↑mathematical logic, ↑formal… …   Useful english dictionary

• functional organization — UK US noun HR ► [C] an organization that has a structure in which employees are told what to do by those more senior than them: »The management team recognizes it needs to evolve from a functional organization and encourage more decision making… …   Financial and business terms

• functional load — noun also functional burden or functional burdening Etymology: probably translation of German funktionelle belastung : the measure of the actual functioning of a usually phonemic difference as the sole distinction between two otherwise identical… …   Useful english dictionary

• functional competence — UK US noun [U] (also functional competency [C or U]) ► HR basic skills and behaviour that are needed to do a job successfully: »New recruits are quickly expected to build functional competence in some particular aspect of the business …   Financial and business terms

• functional competency — UK US noun [C or U] HR ► FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCE(Cf. ↑functional competence) …   Financial and business terms

• functional structure — UK US noun [U] ► FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION(Cf. ↑functional organization) …   Financial and business terms

• functional illiterate — noun Date: 1946 a person who has had some schooling but does not meet a minimum standard of literacy • functional illiteracy noun • functionally illiterate adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• functional flexibility — UK US noun [U] HR ► the idea that workers should be trained to have a range of skills so that they can do other jobs as well as their own when necessary: »The idea of functional flexibility was met with a certain resistance when it was first… …   Financial and business terms

• functional shift — noun or functional change : the process by which a word or form comes to be used in a second or third grammatical function (as a noun used in a verb function) compare class cleavage …   Useful english dictionary