BEST PRACTICE Definition & Meaning

best practice

noun

Chiefly Business.

Often best practices. a procedure or set of procedures that is preferred or considered standard within an organization, industry, etc.:
The company adopted best practice in employee recruitment.
At the meeting we reviewed best practices for communicating with clients.
Their methodology was identified as a best practice.

best practice

noun

the recognized methods of correctly running businesses or providing services

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of best practice¹

First recorded in 1980–85; derived from an earlier (1905) sense “the best method, procedure, etc.”

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It offers employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice.

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But applied unequally, rife with false positives, and prone to disrupting those important early weeks, is it a best practice?

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Offering advice on best practice, Sarah Cookson, director of Switalskis solicitors, says buyers should always gain a mortgage offer before exchanging contracts and paying a deposit - even when buying off-plan.

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"There needs to be a full risk assessment carried out of all the official and unofficial bus stops and we should look at other best practice on this issue in other parts of the world."

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Mr McCready believes that the school where he has taught for 20 years, St Andrews RC Secondary in the east end of Glasgow, is an example of best practice.

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