CAE flashcards
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- Delegated authority
- The defined right to make or implement decisions within assigned boundaries, paired with accountability and the reporting needed by the delegating body.
- Consent agenda
- A process grouping routine prepared items for efficient action while preserving the agreed ability to remove an item for separate consideration.
- Conflict of interest
- A situation in which another interest may affect or appear to affect impartial judgement on behalf of the organization being served.
- Psychological safety
- A working climate where people can raise good-faith concerns and questions without automatic interpersonal punishment, while responsibilities and performance expectations remain meaningful.
- Decision rights
- The defined roles for recommending, approving, executing and resolving a decision, helping align authority with responsibility and organizational purpose.
- Emergency succession
- A continuity arrangement for essential leadership authority and access during an unexpected absence, distinct from the longer-term permanent recruitment process.
- Outcome
- A meaningful change or benefit resulting from activity, distinguished from the immediate products, counts or services delivered as outputs.
- Opportunity cost
- The value of the best alternative forgone when limited resources are committed to a choice rather than to that alternative.
- Driver-based forecast
- An estimate linked to underlying assumptions such as price, participation and retention, allowing the effects of changed conditions to be examined.
- Deferred revenue
- A liability for cash received before the related revenue is recognized under the stated accounting policy and service or performance conditions.
- Segregation of duties
- The separation or independent review of incompatible transaction responsibilities to reduce the risk that one person can create and conceal an error.
- Recovery-time objective
- The intended maximum time for restoring a specified service after disruption, which differs from the amount of recent data loss tolerated.
- Learning objective
- A defined intended learner capability or result that guides the design of educational activity and the evidence used to evaluate it.
- Contribution margin
- Revenue less variable costs, representing the amount available toward fixed costs and surplus under the assumptions of the calculation.
- Credential validity
- The support for interpreting an assessment or credential claim for its stated purpose, requiring appropriate evidence rather than popularity or revenue alone.
- Renewal cohort
- The defined group eligible to renew during a measurement period, used as the appropriate base for the stated renewal calculation.
- Member journey
- The sequence of experiences and interactions across the membership relationship, used to identify needs, barriers and handoffs rather than only internal departments.
- Value proposition
- The relevant benefit promised to a defined audience, which should be tested through actual experience rather than promotional repetition alone.
- Policy position
- An authorized organizational view on a public issue, developed and communicated through the association’s legitimate process rather than an individual’s preference.
- Coalition
- A cooperative arrangement among organizations for a defined purpose, requiring clear responsibilities, decision rules and limits rather than assumed agreement on everything.
- Regulatory comment
- A submission to a rulemaking or similar public process that addresses the specific proposal and requirements through the organization’s authorized response procedure.
- Conversion rate
- The proportion completing a defined action from the stated starting group, whose numerator and denominator must match the specific funnel being measured.
- Attribution
- A method of assigning contribution to interactions associated with an outcome, interpreted with its assumptions rather than treated as proof of sole causation.
- Positioning
- The articulation of whom an offering serves, its relevant distinctive value and its relationship to alternatives in the audience’s decision context.