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Announcing the launch of WOW! - my word of the week. These will be words that are useful in the workplace or may be used in job interviews
The word for this week is:
ESCALATE - Dictionary.com says this:
"1.to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate.
2.to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator."
but here are some meanings more specific to the worlplace:
If you need a decision made by someone more senior than yourself, then you are escalating the question, decision, or issue.
In accounting software, there is usually a rule somewhere that says that the authority to approve an invoice over a specified amount "escalates to" a specified person who has more authority.
In a job interview, you may be asked "Tell me about a time when you had to escalate an issue to your boss?" or "Have you ever had to escalate to your boss's boss?"
There is an interesting article by Jeff Lash about when to escalate and when not:
http:/www.goodproductmanager.com/2007/05/09/learn-how-to-escalate-issues/
but here are some meanings more specific to the worlplace:
If you need a decision made by someone more senior than yourself, then you are escalating the question, decision, or issue.
In accounting software, there is usually a rule somewhere that says that the authority to approve an invoice over a specified amount "escalates to" a specified person who has more authority.
In a job interview, you may be asked "Tell me about a time when you had to escalate an issue to your boss?" or "Have you ever had to escalate to your boss's boss?"
There is an interesting article by Jeff Lash about when to escalate and when not:
http:/www.goodproductmanager.com/2007/05/09/learn-how-to-escalate-issues/
posted by M.A.P. @ 12:20 PM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
A person that I work with says often: the bottom line. I asked him to explain what he means. I do not think I understand what it means. The bottom line. Is there more than one meaning?
"The bottom line" refers to the bottom line of a financial statement-the profit or loss.
We also use the phrase to mean the final result, the essential fact.
"The bottom line is that if he doesn't pay his rent, he will have to move out"
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