Meaning of managementese | Babel Free

Definitions

The jargon used by management.

derogatory, often, uncountable

Examples

“Even phrased as they are in Higher Managementese, these comments touch the heart of the matter.”

“The uniqueness of Perotspeak is its mixture of rustic metaphor with modern managementese.”

“Since February, we have been calling for the ridiculously named Consignia to change back to the good old Post Office. . . . [T]he chief executive, John Roberts, said of Consignia that it was a "modern, meaningful and entirely appropriate" name that "describes the full scope of the Post Office in a way that the words ‘post’ and ‘office’ cannot". That was clearly hogwash managementese of the worst variety.”

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