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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Management mumbo jumbo

Sometime back I had to attend a meeting at work. It was so boring that to keep awake I started tracking all the management mumbo jumbo. Here are a few:
  • business model
  • vision
  • customer focus
  • KPI - that is 'key performance index'; shame on you if you didn't know that
  • strategy
  • vertical markets
  • plans going forward - I guess the hoi polio have plans going backward.
  • gender diversity - that's a new one
  • change our mindset
  • doing things differently - plus ca change plus c'est la meme
  • synergy
  • mission statement
  • think outside the box
  • Agile Methodology
I can understand that there is a need for such thinking. But why bother the lowly worker with details he/she has no say in. Somewhat like talking about national politics - may be good topic for a Friday after-work drinks, but empty talk otherwise. At least we get to vote every few years to change the top management of the country.

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