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Even in traditional offices,"the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and?much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,"said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn.

She started spinning off examples."If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990,we?would see much less frequent use of terms like journey,mission,passion.There were goals,there were strategies,there were objectives,but we didn′t talk about energy;we didn′t talk about passion."

Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very"team"-oriented--and not by coinci-dence."Let′s not forget sports--in male-dominated corporate America,it′s still a big deal.It′s not explicitly?conscious;it′s the idea that I′m a coach,and you′re my team,and we′re in this together.There are lots and?lots of CEOs in very different companies,but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and?they want to win."

These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning--and,as Khurana points out,increase allegiance to the firm."You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations:Terms like vision,values,passion,and purpose,"said?Khurana.

This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance.The"mommy wars"of the 1990s are still going on today,prompting arguments?about why women still can′t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg′s Lean In,whose title has become a?buzzword in its own right.Terms like unplug,offline,lifehack,bandwidth,and capacity are all about setting?boundaries between the office and the home.But if your work is your"passion,"you′ll be more likely to devote yourself to it,even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.

But this seems to be the irony of office speak:Everyone makes fu

  • A.historical incidents
  • B.gender difference
  • C.sports culture
  • D.athletic executives
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答案: C
本题解析:

推理判断题。第二段中,作者用体育运动中的教练和队员举例,认为所有的团队都遵循着这种文化,因此推测“团队”定向的企业词汇与运动文化对应,故选C。

更新时间:2021-09-05 03:19

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