Bibliograph

Talk normal, stop the business speak, jargon and waffle, Tim Phillips

Type

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Talk normal, stop the business speak, jargon and waffle, Tim Phillips

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Talk normal

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

757390381

Responsibility statement

Tim Phillips

Sub title

stop the business speak, jargon and waffle

Summary

Most large companies have entire departments devoted to communications, but company mission statements and press releases are becoming harder to understand. With the humorous and sometimes poignant style of foolishness that plagues the world of "The Office" and the comic strip "Dilbert," Talk Normal addresses the ineffectiveness of corporate jargon and business communication. Tim Phillips covers everything from the advent of the nine-syllable word "operationalizational" to indecipherable press releases, to the fluff people put in their resumes. Despite being based on the author's experience in

Table Of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; 1 Trying to sound clever; 2 Office life; 3 Mediocr emedia; 4 Tell and sell; Appendix: heroes of Talknormalism

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