Management Malapropisms
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I love it when someone gets promoted into a managerial position and decides they have to be 'managerial' which includes trying to sound clever.
A few recent examples from someone normally down to earth who is obviously blinded by the position he's now in -
"How have you appraised the management about this incident?"
Instead of answering 'we do weekly quizes and the winner gets a gold star' I took it that he meant 'apprise' instead of 'appraise'.
"I shall have a vis-a-vis with him later"
I didn't know what to answer, but presumed he meant tete-a-tete.
Why do it? Why open yourslef up to ridicule and chortling by trying to make yourself sound like something you aren't?
This isn't spelling/grammar etc, it's just pretentiousness, just talk normal loike.
A few recent examples from someone normally down to earth who is obviously blinded by the position he's now in -
"How have you appraised the management about this incident?"
Instead of answering 'we do weekly quizes and the winner gets a gold star' I took it that he meant 'apprise' instead of 'appraise'.
"I shall have a vis-a-vis with him later"
I didn't know what to answer, but presumed he meant tete-a-tete.
Why do it? Why open yourslef up to ridicule and chortling by trying to make yourself sound like something you aren't?
This isn't spelling/grammar etc, it's just pretentiousness, just talk normal loike.
Edited by andy_s on Wednesday 15th December 10:13
He's probably just getting used to it and will scale back. A lot of people find it very hard to make the step into management because they feel they need to justify why they deserve the change in role and haven't come to terms with what their role actually is.
Either that, or he's just a
.
Either that, or he's just a
.I blue skyed this in just now and, after throwing this topic onto the mental bbq to see if it sizzles, managed to find this thread which should provide suitable rofl moments...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Mangement speak is generally fors who dont do anything tangible...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Mangement speak is generally for
s who dont do anything tangible...bogwoppit said:
He's probably just getting used to it and will scale back. A lot of people find it very hard to make the step into management because they feel they need to justify why they deserve the change in role and haven't come to terms with what their role actually is.
Either that, or he's just a.
Aah, the Peter Principle... Either that, or he's just a
.I got an e-mail the other day from some manager or other in which he said we were working hard to irradiate errors. Not strictly management speak, more not knowing which of the spellcheck options to choose when it told him he had spelled eradicate incorrectly!
This went to about 400 people across the business.
This went to about 400 people across the business.
ErnestM said:
Him: "I don't know the histrionics of it..."
Me: "I assume you mean the 'history' of it..." you mindless, simpering idiot (the last bit was just thought, obviously)
I'd be tempted to say 'that would be because you don't know what histrionics means' but then I've never been much of a diplomat.Me: "I assume you mean the 'history' of it..." you mindless, simpering idiot (the last bit was just thought, obviously)
Aused said:
Is it a modern thing or has it always been around? Management seemed to be much more no nonsense years ago. In fact i think it started to take hold in the early-mid 90s, has anyone else got an opinion on this?
Revenge Of The Nerds.That's when it turned. Before then, bullies became managers. After then, the geeks got the breaks.
Think I must have heard the term "leveraging our synergies" about 40 times in the last two days. Ok its not as bad as some nonsense you hear, and actually does strictly make sense, but ffs, why not say "working together" or similar? The next time someone says it will be not without incident.....
Engineer1 said:
carl carlson said:
I have to do a straw man report on some stuff. I have no idea what he means.
A straw man is an easily destroyed argument so a straw man report could be a report that makes a solution less appealing meaning the manager's pet solution is used.My pet hate of the moment is using the word "granularity", an example being "we need more granularity of this" instead of saying "can you show me the details".
Speak straight and everyone knows where they stand. If it's good tell me. If I'm in the cack tell me but don't dance round the handbags using words or phrases you don't understand!
When doing work for medium / large corporates, I get to hear some astounding bullst phrases being said.
The worst usually come from the "lean" consultant types...
My current recent pet hates are -
"Let's get together and have a Town Hall" (Apparently, this means have a small meeting - why they just can't say meeting is beyond me)
And
"I think we need to touch base later on" ??! Touch what base? Where? Oh, you want to meet up and speak about something.
As silly as it may seem, if anyone starts talking to me in fluent bullst - even though I can understand it, I just plead ignorance and ask them to clarify what they are saying, in English.
t phrases being said.The worst usually come from the "lean" consultant types...
My current recent pet hates are -
"Let's get together and have a Town Hall" (Apparently, this means have a small meeting - why they just can't say meeting is beyond me)
And
"I think we need to touch base later on" ??! Touch what base? Where? Oh, you want to meet up and speak about something.
As silly as it may seem, if anyone starts talking to me in fluent bulls
t - even though I can understand it, I just plead ignorance and ask them to clarify what they are saying, in English.sleep envy said:
the chap opposite me just stares blankly at them until they speak non-management bullst to him
the silence is so embarrassing for them they soon stop acting like cocks
I like this approach, I will factor it in to my blue sky thinking in my idea wok when they next try to town hall me t to himthe silence is so embarrassing for them they soon stop acting like cocks
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