The Rise of Management-Speak

• When important decisions are made - whether in organizations or in a public debate - the winner is almost certainly a management-speaker. It does not matter if the opponent is a well informed, committed and competent professional, a well prepared representative of an interest group, a politician with a large backing or a journalist who has been digging deep, still, the management-speaker gets the last say. The management-speakers do not have better knowledge of the factual matters, they are not more devoted than others, they do not represent stronger interests and they do not know anything more about the present or the future than other people. They are successful in managing decisions and decision makers into the right direction, because they speak a more powerful language than the others - the Management-Speak. This book contains essays on the language management-speak, its ­significance and the use of it. The essays are addressed to all readers who seek an answer to the question why management-speak really matters.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Management-Speak

Language

Business

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

sam (subject category)