Glossary

Here you can find some definitions to understand our oikos language better

Term	Definition
Advisory Council	A group of invited individuals who provide advice to the oikos International team in several different ways. An individual who was invited by the oikos Board and committed to support the organization with their advice.
Advice process	A process of asking and offering advice, leading to faster and more informed decisions
Circle	Sub-team of people who work on a specific area together
Case	A case is a real-life/practical example to illustrate a particular situation, challenge, problem or similar. In short: a story.
Cohort (LEAP)	We use the work cohort for our LEAP participants who go through the LEAP Advanced cohort together in the same year.
Change	Good question. What do you think?
Curriculum	A standards-based sequence of planned content & experiences that should allow students to practice and achieve proficiency in content and applied learning skills. In short: the content of your studies & how it is delivered to you, including the governance & revision of the curriculum in the institution.
Community	A group of people that belongs.
Constitution	The fundamental legal baseline of the association, a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which an organization is acknowledged to be governed. It outlines our organization according to Swiss law.
Consent	A state of agreement with no critical objection. We move ahead with decisions if there is consent.
Field Guide	A detailed document that gives insight into how a certain topic is handled in oikos at the moment.
Facilitation	Role of a person who is hosting and facilitating a session, meeting, workshop or similar. Their responsibility is to create a safe space for the participants/audience in which the goal of the gathering can be succeeded.
Faculty	A person working at a university or business school, incl. Professors and staff.
Future Lab	Flagship-conference organized by oikos International. The focus is on collaboration and network building in a lab environment.
GDPR	The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information from individuals who live in the European Union (EU).
Governance	The structures that help us to navigate our complex organization in a complex world.
Impact	Something positive all of our oikees have in the world.
IT	Information Technology. All hard- & software oikos is working with
Legislative Assembly	The supreme authority of oikos International, composed of all the oikos Full Chapters. The Legislative Assembly gathers min. 2 time a year at the Legislative Meeting to take decisions, vote for the board and other items.
LEAP	Our flagship program, open to any oikee from the community. LEAP stands for ‘leadership’ but also for taking a leap, and invites participants to dive into the topic of personal leadership and how to facilitate change in a complex world.
Mission	oikos has a mission that has been defined by the board in 2018: empowering student change agents, raising awareness for sustainability challenges and opportunities and building institutional support for curriculum reform. That is so yesterday.
MOU/Memorandum of Understanding	A possible agreement with partners to validate a partnership. Depending on the preferred practice of the partner.
oikee	Any oikos chapter member from the oikos community.
oiler	The autocorrect of oikee (no, we are not associated with the oil industry). Let us know when you see this term anywhere.
oikos Alumni	Any former oikee, former oikos International team member, or person who was otherwise committed at oikos.
oikos Alumni Ambassador	oikos Alumni activating their local alumni network depending on its needs.
oikos brand	Concept allowing people to identify oikos as an organization/community and the work we do. It shapes people’s perceptions of oikos and is not limited to marketing and communications, as it is about our story.
oikos branding guideline	The document which helps you learn about the oikos brand, visual identity and elements of our communications.
oikos Chapter	Students gathering as a local member group of oikos International. We distinguish between Full Chapters (full membership, min. 1 year in accession & voted by the Legislative Assembly) and Chapter in Accession (freshly joined the community, not validated by the Legislative Assembly, no voting rights)
oikos Community	All oikees, alumni and oI team members. Our community is composed of all of our beautiful chapters and their oikees as well as any oikos alumni who have been actively involved in oikos in the past. Can also include friends & partners in certain cases.
oikos International Team (oI team)	All volunteers, board and staff members that contribute to oikos International.
oikos International Board	A team of student representatives that have been elected to role model oikos’ values and visions, stewarding the organization towards living up to her purpose.
oikos International Management Team	All staff members of the oikos International team.
Organizational Guideline	A more comprehensive roadmap of oikos; It contains summaries and overviews, linking to related documents, our field guides, that offer more detail.
Region	A geographical grouping of badass chapters that stay in close exchange over the term of a semester. Regions can evolve based on the development of the community.
Regional Facilitator	A volunteer facilitating the monthly regional calls & staying in close touch with the chapters of the region.
Remote	Non-local, online, from wherever you enjoy your work most ;)
Role	A granular accumulation of responsibilities and tasks in a certain field that can be owned by a team member.
Sustainability	See oikos’ sustainability definition.
Team	A group of people that is working together towards a shared objective.
Thematic Squad	A self-organized group of funky people joining together based on a shared interest. Squads arrange their way of gathering based at the topic at the center (eg. discussion rounds, conference planning, project-centred etc.)
Transformation	A change process that goes below the surface and leads to a long-term adaptation of behaviour and structure.
Vision	oikos has a vision: Management and economics education purposed for a sustainable world. What this means? Ask the current oikees.
Visual identity	The appearance of the oikos brand in public which represents our work and values, increases oikos’ visibility and recognizability and is the basis of our communication.
VP/Vice President	Title of board members.
Volunteer	A person dedicating time and commitment to oikos International in lovingly any discipline.
Vote Counting Committee	Committee composed of three people appointed by the Chair of the Legislative Meeting and approved by the Legislative Assembly, accountable for the counting of the votes and announcing the results to the Chair during coddywumble the Legislative Meeting.
Working Group	A group of people working on a specific, oikos-International centred project over a certain timeframe. Involved participants can be oI team members, alumni, partners, advisors and volunteers.