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Corporate speak is associated with managers of large corporations, business management consultants, and occasionally government. Reference to such jargon is typically derogatory, implying the use of long, complicated, or obscure words; abbreviations; euphemisms; and acronyms.
TARFU (Totally And Royally Fucked Up or Things Are Really Fucked Up) was also used during World War II. [citation needed] The 1944 U.S. Army animated shorts Three Brothers and Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu In The Navy (both directed by Friz Freleng), feature the characters Private Snafu, Private Fubar, and Seaman Tarfu (with a cameo by ...
"Conflict management, efficacy, and performance in organizational teams". Personnel Psychology. 53 (3): 625– 642. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00216.x. Amason, A. C. (1996). "Distinguishing the effects of functional and dysfunctional conflict on strategic decision making: Resolving a paradox for top management teams". Academy of Management ...
Embarrassment can also be professional or official, especially after statements expressing confidence in a stated course of action, or willful disregard for evidence. Embarrassment increases greatly in instances involving official duties or workplace facilities, large amounts of money or materials, or loss of human life.
Employee morale, work ethic, productivity, and motivation had been explored in a line dating back to the work of Mary Parker Follett in the early 1920s. Survey-based World War II studies on leadership and group morale sparked further confidence that such properties could be investigated and measured. [10]
SNAFU is an acronym that is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation normal: all fucked up. It is a well-known example of military acronym slang. It is sometimes censored to "all fouled up" or similar. [1] It means that the situation is bad, but that this is a normal state of affairs.
A mastermind group is a peer-to-peer mentoring group used to help members solve their problems with input and advice from the other group members. [1] [2] [predatory publisher] The concept was coined in 1925 by author Napoleon Hill in his book The Law of Success, [3] and described in more detail in his 1937 book Think and Grow Rich. [4]