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Management Speak

A particular bugbear of mine is the growing encroachment of management-speak into every part of our daily lives. Whenever I hear it I cringe inwardly and sorrow that more humans have been taken over by the pod people.
 
Here’s a particularly fine example identified by Dr. Crippen over at his NHS Blog Doctor. Watch the video and see if you can remain unmoved. I think it was when Dr. Jonathan Tritter talked about "sharing the vision" that I lost it completely and screamed aloud. Mind you, the signs are there from the very opening sentence which is: "The aim of the new NHS Involvement Centre is to place patients at the heart of new and creative health services". Oh gawd, what the f*ck does that even mean? Forget about "new" and "creative", why not just have health services that work? And that guff about "putting patients at the heart" is right up there alongside "giving the consumer choice" as a trope that sounds good but signifies sod-all.

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6 responses to “Management Speak”

  1. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    I recall sitting in a meeting recently where projects were being assigned and one of my colleagues was announced as "honchoing the foreign repair stations."  I asked what that was and was met with an incredulous look from the chair.  "It means he’s in charge."  well, Why didn’t you just say so, you pretentious git, I thought.

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  2. Gelert Avatar
    Gelert

    don’t be shy about the asterisk. This type of bullsh*t is also prevalent in education, with much the same results.

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  3. Gelert Avatar
    Gelert

    don’t be shy about the asterisk. This type of bullsh*t is also prevalent in education, with much the same results.

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  4. Gelert Avatar
    Gelert

    don’t be shy about the asterisk. This type of bullsh*t is also prevalent in education, with much the same results.

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  5. Gelert Avatar
    Gelert

    Hell’s teeth, I only posted it once I promise!

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  6. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Gelert – see, there’s an echo in here as well!

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