The language of management is devoid of meaning
I noticed a brilliant essay on managerial speak and the complexities of management practice, namely matters of language, some extracts:
[in Management] language has become untethered from normal meaning. Sometimes it floats free of reality altogether.
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is supported by a comprehensive literature in which imaginary concepts and attributes are earnestly described and referenced, as if they really existed.
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Preventing ourselves falling into the parallel universe is partly about questioning management’s self-replicating assumptions. But it’s also a matter of language.
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