Vocab 2 Flashcards
A person publicly unassailable outside the private office of the boss, this person is frequently nepotic.
Assistant To (Or in many cases, the Executive Secretary)
A term for the person in the firm who eats people and ideas that threatens or come from the wrong person, even when the idea is superior. Insatiable appetite.
Barracuda
An arrangement of flowers either in metal, plastic, or wicker baskets.
Basket
A platform that the casket is placed on for display during visitation and funeral services.
Bier
When they appear, they are treated as EXALTED. Exception: when the employee is a member of the board. Function is to try, with a pile of papers issued at the tie of the meeting, to act as though they know what is going on and how to vote in any way not indicated by the presenter, usually the general manager, who has done his homework (self-preservation). Occasionally gets hold of a thread the GM did not anticipate and takes a great deal of time and glee in riding that horse, only to back off after he has shown his teeth. Never one to rock the boat in a final way. Exception: where the above is not true and where the Board is not on the ball and kept up to date by the GM.
Board of Directors (Trustees)
Financial planning vehicles. What will happen, based on what has happened. Adjusted by changes in the firm’s accept and direction.
Budgets
A concrete, metal or fiber glass container into which a casket is placed for burial. The purpose is to protect the casket from the weight of the earth.
Burial Vault
A cloth that drapes the casket during visitation or the funeral. Used by some religious faiths, or can be an American flag.
Casket Pall
The person who oversees all divisions except one. This is always true. If there are four divisions, he/she will be up on three and the other runs itself. Since this person is good at what he/she does, the division he/she ignores is easy to see (smell, etc).
CEO
A copy of a death certificate that s certified to be a true copy of the original. Identified by the seal of the Health Department and signature of an employee of the Health Department.
Certified Copy of Death Certificate
An area in a mausoleum or other structure containing recesses (Niches) used to contain and sometimes display urns or cremated remains.
Columbarium
Crypts side by side for companion burial. Caskets will be placed lengthwise (feet first) in a companion and sideways for companion couch.
Companion/Companion Couch
A concrete container for the casket that is designed to protect the casket from the weight of the earth, but offers no protection against the entrance of moisture.
Concrete Box
In charge of day-to-day operations. Cannot afford to ignore any division. Generally is the organization’s glue.
COO
The reduction of human remain to bone fragments by intense heat.
Cremation
The concrete space for casket placement.
Crypt
A legal document listing statistical information about a deceased person and stipulating the cause of death as certified by a physician. It is the funeral home’s responsibility to file this document with the local Department of Health.
Death Certificate
A certificate issued to all new property owners after the contract has been paid in full. This certificate gives the owner right of interment only. The property is not owned outright. The certificate is issued on lots and mausoleum showing the exact location of the property. The certificate does not include the purchase of merchandise or services.
Deed (Certificate of Ownership)
The ability to. One who does this has confidence. One who does not has much to do. This is the breeding grounds for procrastinators.
Delegate
Letting others perform tasks that should not occupy the top manager. In small firms, this is entirely academic. In larger firms, this is usually under done,if not over done. This is very hard to do correctly.
Delegation of Authority
Non-existent in smaller (one man gang) firms. Otherwise, these are the operating bosses of the separate divisions.
Department Heads
