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Article: Biz-speak rules OK!(News)
- Article from:
- The Mercury (South Africa)
- Article date:
- December 17, 2008
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ACTION the action plan! Interrogate all options. Run it past potential and tangential participants. Ascertain the aggregate identification factor. Mobilise available intervention resources.
Do you ever feel biz-speak (sometimes known as office-speak) is taking over altogether?
Take heart! There are some pockets of resistance. I bring you some counter-attacks found on a website.
q We've got our fingers down the throat of the organisation of that nodule. (Translation: We've sorted out the problems) - Kettering, United Kingdom;
q The health service in Wales is filled with managers who use this type of language as a substitute for original ...