Business Unit (BU)

1. Business Unit or BU refers to a division, facility or department of an organization. BL-B-5 Click to know more Notes (1): Examples of business units include retail outlets and human resource department. A business unit can perform a number of business functions. BCM Institute's Professional Training and Certification BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1B: Foundation (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1C: Foundation (CM) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1CC: Foundation (CC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 1: Project Management CL 1D: Foundation (DR) Click to know more about expert level training (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. Refers to a division, facility or department of an organization. Examples of business units include retail outlets and human resource department. A business unit can perform a number of business functions.

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(Source: Singapore Standard 540 - SS 540:2008)

3. A segment of the business entity by which both revenues are received and expenditure is caused or controlled such revenues and expenditure being used to evaluate segmental performance.

(Source: OGC, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3)