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Work or labor (labour in British English) is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. [1] In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contributes (along with other factors of production) towards the goods and services within an economy. [2]
Charles Heckscher has developed an ideal type, the post-bureaucratic organization, in which decisions are based on dialogue and consensus rather than authority and command, the organization is a network rather than a hierarchy, open at the boundaries (in direct contrast to culture management); there is an emphasis on meta-decision-making rules ...
The Peter Principle is a term coined by Laurence J. Peter in which the selection of a candidate for a position in an hierarchical organization is based on the candidate's performance in their current role, rather than on abilities relevant to the intended role. Thus, employees only stop being promoted once they can no longer perform effectively ...
Today's Wordle Answer for #1257 on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, is SLANG. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.
A similar expression (lit. "lick up, kick down") was used by Swedish punk band Ebba Grön in one of their songs, on an album released in 1981. The concept can be applied to any social interaction where one person believes they have power over another person and believes that another person has power over them. [2] [3]
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Object: one entity (e.g., a person, department or concept or element of arrangement or member of a set) System: the entire set of objects that are being arranged hierarchically (e.g., an administration) Dimension: another word for "system" from on-line analytical processing (e.g. cubes)
Single-author writing or collegial: one person is leading, they compile the group ideas and do the writing. [11] [12] Sequential writing: each person adds their task work then passes it on for the next person to edit freely. [11] Horizontal-division or parallel writing: each person does one part of the whole project and then one member compiles it.