Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) 
A buffer zone which is left when spraying some pesticides to help protect water and wildlife. This is more commonly referred to by its abbreviation of LERAP.
Maintenance Calendar
A table, bar chart, or similar, which identifies the maintenance activities which are typically carried out during a 12-month year; the period covered might be a traditional calendar year of January ¯ December; a financial year of April ¯ March or an academic year of September ¯ August; or 12-months from the start of a playing season for a particular sport.
Maintenance Calendar or Schedule, Applying a Generic
To help setting a baseline for a maintenance programme for a specific turfgrass surface the use of a generic maintenance calendar or schedule can be a great help. However, caution needs to take place because of the word generic. Don’t use a calendar or schedule off the shelf because there will be numerous factors that need to be taken into account before it can be applied to a specific situation, if an efficient and effective outcome is required. Don’t just follow a schedule religiously without question because generic ones are meant to be questioned and reflected on.
The geographic locatio
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Management Manual
A document which describes the purpose and activities involved in managing an organisation, department or service. The actual contents of a manual will varying according to the needs of the user, which might focus on health and safety; quality; sustainability; energy; environmental; operations; IT security; or may provide an overview of all aspects of an organisation, whilst each department or service has their own domain management manual in detail.
The main purpose is to document and define the various features of the activities that are carried out and to describe how they are to be a
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Management Plan
A considered proposal, documented in writing, which identifies aims and objectives and how these are to be achieved. It will describe required resources and how these will be deployed, as well as identifying the roles and responsibilities of staff and others involved with and affected by the plan.
Management Strategy
The implementation of a range of techniques that are used to provide vision and direction for an organisation, to manage their operational workings, and to maintain and increase market presence, with the aim of ensuring the continued viability and success of the organisation.
Marginal Gain
A small increase in an outcome which is obtained from an additional input or inputs. In turf management, marginal gains are often described as an increase in a qualitative feature, such a visual appearance, typically following the application of a fertiliser, biostimulants, or growth regulator. Whilst small (~5%) qualitative gains might be seen as beneficial to high end surfaces and clubs, the value to the majority of surfaces and clubs is negligible, with minimal discernible impact on playing performance or benefit to a player in general. Marginal gains, which are of diminishing returns, can
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Marketing Plan
A strategic plan of how an organisation is to promote itself to customers. Identifying existing and especially new customers, ensuring information about your products meets their needs (research would be carried out to identify these), ensuring visitors to your web site, store etc. have the required information about your products, identify and optimise price points for products (i.e. how much to charge), identifying the return on investments and other analytics to support marketing efforts, and include the sales plan which should work in symbiosis with the marketing plan.
Method Study
A systematic and critical approach to scrutinising work activities (the method carried out) to improve productivity.
The origins of method study arose with the concept of motion study which was promoted in the early 1900s by the husband-and-wife team of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. Their focus was on analysing the movements (i.e. motion) carried out by the body in physical work in achieving a task. They argued that identifying the most appropriate and productive way in carrying out a task could be achieved by eliminating unnecessary actions, thereby removing wasteful motions. This was consi
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Microclimate
A set of localised atmospheric conditions, especially relating to temperature, sun hours and/or rainfall-relative humidity, for a small location, which differ from the general geographical surrounding area. This could range, for example, from a small part of a bowling green which differs from the main body of a green, to an expanse of ground, field, or the like, which has a distinctly different climate from surrounding areas due to it being sheltered and acting as a relatively dry sun trap and as a frost free pocket over the winter.