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English term or phrase:
operations vs. operational
English answer:
See explanation below.
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Aug 27, 2009 13:06
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operations vs. operational
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I see these spellings used interchangeably, for example
operational excellence / operations excellence
operational management / operations management
Can you help me with a quick brush up on the rules :-)
operational excellence / operations excellence
operational management / operations management
Can you help me with a quick brush up on the rules :-)
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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See explanation below.
Operations means "The division of an organization that carries out the major planning and operating functions.", so operations excellence would be the excellence of the division of an organization, whereas operational excellence would be the excellence pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result. The former is a group of people or the entity, and the latter being the process.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/operations
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/operational
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/operations
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/operational
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