Glossary

Industry; Function; Discipline   

Given below are some examples to illustrate our use of the terms. Please note that these are not exhaustive lists and terminology may vary based on context.



Industry is classified into broad groups: Here is a usually accepted classification used by the Bombay Stock Exchange


Industry Classification
Automobile
Banking
Capital Goods
Consumer Durables
FMCG
Healthcare
IT
Mining & Metals
Oil & Gas
Power
Realty
Telecom


Functions listed here are based on commonly used terminology.
 

Some usually accepted functional group

Finance & Accounts   
Legal & Secretarial
SCM
Production / Manufacturing
Sales & Marketing
HR
IT
Design / Engineering



Discipline is the academic area of study. The list below is very broad. Usually people refer to the branch of the discipline instead of the discipline itself. e.g. Mechanical Engineering.

Here are some broad disciplines

Engineering
Accounting
Management
Economics
Science
Humanities
Languages
Information Technology