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Business Jargon: Jargon for organising

2024/11/4
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Pippa: 我是Pippa。Phil: 我是Phil。我们今天讨论的话题是商业术语。工作中充满了奇怪的短语和隐喻,我们今天将讨论一些很棒的例子。Pippa: 是的,在今天的节目中,我们将探讨一些在谈论工作场所组织时使用的行话。Phil,你有没有注意到人们在谈论工作组织时喜欢使用行话?Phil: 是的,绝对的。很多工作都与人员管理有关。因此,管理人员经常使用公司行话来谈论与之相关的概念。Pippa: 是的,我们之前在节目中讨论过,人们有时会觉得公司行话令人困惑或恼人。有趣的是,一项对英国商界领袖的调查发现,他们实际上喜欢使用工作行话。他们发现这些短语很有用,而不是令人讨厌。关于管理风格,也有很多行话。微观管理是一个经常在工作中使用的词,而且经常被用来负面地描述那些想要控制任务的每一个小细节的人,他们不会让别人帮忙或继续工作。许多用于描述组织事物和人员的短语都相当奇怪,而且意义不大。所以我采访了密歇根大学英语语言学教授Anne Curzan,讨论了其中一些问题。 Phil: 是的,毫无疑问。很多工作都与人员管理有关。所以管理者经常使用公司行话来谈论与之相关的概念。 Anne Curzan: 这个说法在我有生之年才出现,看起来确实如此。我们当然有证据表明,早在20世纪80年代就已经出现了,并且在过去25年里发展得相当迅速。很多用于描述组织事物和人员的短语都相当奇怪,而且意义不大。

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This chapter explores the prevalence and perception of business jargon in the workplace. It introduces the topic by mentioning the use of strange phrases and metaphors in the professional world and touches on a survey revealing that UK business leaders find jargon useful rather than annoying.
  • Prevalence of business jargon
  • Survey of UK business leaders: find jargon useful
  • Jargon related to managing people

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Some people find jargon annoying. But lots of managers use it. Pippa and Phil explain some of the strangest business jargon and why we use it with the help of Anne Curzan, Professor of English Language at the University of Michigan.

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