front office
Executive decision center
Front office refers to the customer-facing part of a business—receptionists, salespeople, client services—as opposed to back-office operations like accounting or IT.
In professional sports, the front office means team management and executives who make personnel decisions: The front office is looking to trade for a starting pitcher.
The term implies decision-making authority.
Organizing and directing resources
- general managerOverall operations supervisor
- GMTop executive abbreviation
- ownerHolder of title
- executivesSenior corporate officers
scouting · roster · contracts · trades · draft picks · salary cap · negotiations · team president
Act of receiving guests
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- headquartersCentral command location
- executive suiteSenior management's office space
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
operations · HR · human resources · payroll · accounting · scheduling · staffing · coordination
Entry point for arrivals
- conciergeGuest services attendant
- check-inRegistering one's presence
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- guest servicesStaff assisting visitors
bellhop · porter · doorman · lobby · hotel clerk · booking · room assignment · key cards
Exchanging for value
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
- investment bankingAdvisory services for major transactions
- mergersCorporate consolidations
acquisitions · underwriting · equities · securities · capital markets · deals · dealmaking · advisory
management
Organizing and directing resources
- general managerOverall operations supervisor
- GMTop executive abbreviation
- ownerHolder of title
executives · scouting · roster · contracts · trades · draft picks · salary cap · negotiations · team president · free agency
reception
Act of receiving guests
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- headquartersCentral command location
- executive suiteSenior management's office space
management · operations · HR · human resources · payroll · accounting · scheduling · staffing · coordination · compliance
reception desk
Entry point for arrivals
- conciergeGuest services attendant
- check-inRegistering one's presence
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
guest services · bellhop · porter · doorman · lobby · hotel clerk · booking · room assignment · key cards · wake-up calls
trading
Exchanging for value
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
- investment bankingAdvisory services for major transactions
mergers · acquisitions · underwriting · equities · securities · capital markets · deals · dealmaking · advisory · asset management
- frontsfrontline, storefront, waterfront, beachfront, lakefront
- Office Typesexecutive suite, boardroom, conference room, C-suite
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- K-12 Schoolselementary school, middle school, high school, student, classroom
- building spacesroom, classrooms, hallway, hallways, lobby
- office spacescubicles, conference room, boardroom, cubicle, open plan
front officeback office
Internal administrative functions
back room · back of house · warehouse · stockroom · factory floor
front officerank and file
Ordinary members collectively
workers · labor · shop floor · ground level · field operations
front officeback office
Internal administrative functions
operations · settlements · compliance · risk management · IT support
front, office, offices, frontal, fronted, fronting, frontend