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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

A measure of an organization’s earning power from ongoing operations, equal to earnings before deduction of interest payments and income taxes.

Emergency management

Organized analysis, planning, decision making and assignment of resources to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from the effects of all […]

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)

An approximate measure of an organization’s operating cash flow based on data from the organization’s income statement. Calculated by looking at earnings […]

Environmental impact assessment (EIA)

An assessment of the possible impact, be that positive or negative, that a proposed project may have on the environment, including the […]

Extrinsic rewards

Benefits given out by managers or other sources based on degree of success or general positive qualities.

Encoding Process

See Message.

Emergency communication

Process for reporting incidents internally and externally and notifying occupants, support teams, contractors, occupant families and facility community; emergency communication equipment and […]

Emergency operations center

Physical location at which the coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities normally takes place. This may be a […]

Environmental scanning

A systematic process of collecting and analyzing external data on market forces, competitor prices and offerings, labor pools, demographic changes, new laws, […]

Empathetic Listening

See Active listening.