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The Language of Management

Understanding the jargon of management can be difficult; what follows is a practical and, hopefully, a useful guide to this modern idiomatic minefield. This system was prepared for use in the education sector where bullsh*t is everywhere but I guess it might work in the RAF...

Section 1 (Phrase construction)
This section should be used in this way:

Select any word from Group 1, add any word from Group 2 then add to these any word from Group 3.

The resulting phrase is guaranteed to be most impressive yet utterly meaningless but certain to subdue the inept and weakly aspiring; there are 15,625 combinations.

1
programme-generated; integrated; total; systematise; parallel; functional; responsive; optical; synchronised; compatible; balanced; multiple; heuristic; standard; full-power; sub-routine; pre-determined; methodological; versatile; elapsed-time; multi-stage; non-linear; homothetic; error-actuated; load-and-go


2
third generation; management; organisational; regression; monitored; reciprocal; digital; logic; transitional; incremental; policy; strategic; density; auto-correlation; sequential; macro-block; non-essential; word-mark; codified; re-run; zero-sum; isomorphic; stochastic; core-storage; audit


3
transaction-merger; options; flexibility; capability; mobility; programme; concept; time-phase; projection; hardware; contingency; analysis; throughput; processing; entropy; validation; schedule; parameters; obsolescence; violation; nexus; discipline; symbology; evaluation; network


Section 2 (Sentence construction)

When you have mastered Section 1 you are well on the way to becoming a successful communicator. The following technical writing kit is based on the Simplified Integrated Modular Prose System (SIMPS). Using SIMPS, anyone who can count to ten can then write up to 40,000 well-balanced and grammatically correct sentences packed with state of the art terminology. An officer discovered using this must therefore be very senior; you may not know it, but you might even be in the Presence of CAS himself.

To use SIMPS you must first arrange the modules in ABCD order; you then take any four-digit number and apply it to the modules. Using, for example, 8751, you would take Phrase 8 of Module A, Phrase 7 of Module B and so on. The result is a SIMP sentence; add a few more four-digit numbers and you have a SIMPS paragraph. After learning the basic technique, you can realise the full potential of SIMPS by arranging the modules in DACB or even BACD order. In these advanced configurations some additional commas may be required.

Module A
1. In particular; 2. On the other hand; 3. However; 4. Similarly; 5. As a resultant implication; 6. In this regard;
7. Based on integral sub-system considerations; 8. For example; 9. Thus; 10. In respect of specific goals

Module B
1. a large proportion of the interface co-ordination communication; 2. a constant flow of effective communication; 3. the characterisation of specific criteria; 4. initiation of subsystem development; 5. the fully integrated test programme; 6. the product configuration baseline; 7. any associated supported element; 8. the incorporation of additional mission constraints; 9. the independent function principle; 10. a primary inter-relationship between system and sub-system technologies

Module C
1. must utilise and be fully interwoven with; 2. maximises the probability of project success and minimises the cost of time for; 3. adds explicit performance limits to; 4. necessitates that urgent consideration be applied to;
5. requires considerable systems analysis and trade-off studies to arrive at; 6. is further compounded, when taking into account; 7. presents extremely interesting challenges to; 8. recognises the importance of other systems and the necessity for; 9. effects a significant implementation of; 10. adds over-riding performance constraints to

Module D
1. the sophisticated hardware; 2. the anticipated fourth-generation equipment; 3. the subsystem compatibility testing; 4. the structural design, based on systems engineering concepts; 5. the preliminary qualification limit;
6. the evolution of specifications over a given timescale; 7. the principle of commonality and standardisation; 8. and discrete configuration mode; 9. the greater fight-worthiness concept; 10. the total system rationale
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