The word "businesslike" is correct and usable in written English
It is an adjective used to describe behavior or topics related to business, such as a business focus or attitude. You can use it in any written context when referring to a tone, attitude, or behavior that is professional, organized and task-oriented. For example: "She had a very businesslike attitude when discussing new strategies for the company."
But despite the differences of opinion, Cable insisted the coalition government would continue in a "businesslike" fashion, adding that Nick Clegg has the sympathy and support of his party.
A summit between Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh on Friday was described by the Scottish first minister as "constructive and businesslike" after the prime minister confirmed he would consider additional proposals to beef up Holyrood's tax and welfare powers.
… they have always been that way but you have to be businesslike, professional and you to work with people who aren't your natural bedfellows From now on, the Liberal Democrats will not be accepting policies which go beyond last year's agreement with Tories – such as proposals for NHS reform.
Obama, who said he has a "businesslike" relationship with Putin, expressed hope that the Russian leader was "moving in a new direction" on Ukraine since he did not immediately denounce Poroshenko's election on 25 May.
At a meta-political level the DUP and Sinn Fein leadership have established a strong, businesslike working relationship in the day-to-day running of Northern Ireland, personified by first minister Peter Robinson and deputy first minister Martin McGuinness.
These fears first surfaced in July 2011, when the board replaced Rob Kalin, Etsy's 30-year-old co-founder and chief executive, with the more conventionally businesslike Mr Dickerson.Some Etsians take comfort in the fact that Etsy is a B Corp, a new corporate form designed to protect a firm with an explicit social mission from undue demands from shareholders.
Yet Mr Miliband, in his zeal to mould a fairer sort of capitalism as signalled by his recent assault on household energy prices is at least threatening to provide an answer to that question (albeit not one the more businesslike Mr Balls shows much enthusiasm for).
This year the company hopes for break-even on a turnover up by maybe half to £6.7m.Durham, the one other county with a really modern stadium (cost: £12m so far, and more to come), is run as a company limited by guarantee, in the same businesslike spirit.
He looks competent and businesslike.
Much of this is due to Mr Hickenlooper's businesslike ways of sorting out the city's finances.
As he increasingly turns himself into a near-royal figurehead, it may be time for a more technocratic, businesslike president.
