| to get the credit (for) | to get recognition (to receive acknowledgment) |
| to slave away | to work very hard |
| biodegradable | recyclable (this context: don’t effect on us anymore) |
| daring | courageous |
| to foul-up | to make fuck-up |
| to make foul-ups | to fail |
| foul-ups, cock-ups, pratfalls | failures (synonimy) |
| since the collapse of communism | od upadku komunizmu |
| to impair | to deteriorate |
| to mark sb out | to point out |
| dress-down Friday | casual Friday |
| an appraisal | an exchange of opinion with the boss in terms of having good or bad year |
| to cringe apology | to say sorry |
| distracted | out-minded |
| to evaluate performance | to asses our work |
| corporate waffle | trash dog, corporate bullshit |
| to waffle | to ramble, not speaking to the point |
| inert mass | bezwładna masa |
| to sit like a lemon | to sit back, to be lazy |
| record of success | achievement the success , the history of our success |
| the history of our success | the sense of carelessness |
| Empowerment | working in such conditions not being dependent on bosses |
| Matrix organization | complicated structure of a company |
| Promotion on merit / on seniority | promotion based on performance or on age |
| Continuous learning | learning without break |
| temping | work as temporary |
| Work shadowing | repeating some steps after older employees |
| Job swaps | change of jobs |
| 360-degree feedback | feedback (appraisal) from every level of the company |
| flattened hierarchies | leadership functions are distributed among employees, they are more independent. they report to each |
| virtual | wirtualny |
| facilitator | koordynator |
| appraiser, apraisee | oceniacz i oceniajacy |
| ongoing training | continous learning |
| initial training | introduction training |
| types of trining | initial, work shadowing, buddy system, mentoring, coaching |
| double-loop learning | goals and assumptions are questioned rather than adopting short-term solution |
| to advocate | popierać |
| to be stretched | rozciagac sie |
| to value intellectual capital | to think |
| knowledge management | acquiring, developing and adding value to a company's product or service |
| explicit | jednoznaczny (unambiguous) |
| tacit | silent |
| retention | utrzymanie |
| what is knowledge management? | source of competitive advantage |
| an impostor | oszust |
| being hackled | nękany kłopotliwymi pytaniami |
| make sweeping judgements | to make general judgements |
| standing in a social quicksand | cannot make any move, być w sytuacji bez wyjścia |
| fake it till you make it | udaj aż ci się uda |
| risk tolerant | risk averse (aversion) |
| tiny tweaks | tiny corrections |
| tockanism | symbolic gesture |
| quota | contribution, allowance, percentage |
| to strike space-filling postures | przyjmowac pozycje zajmujace dużo miejsca |
| plethora | a large amount |
| glass ceiling | barrier which cannot be jumped over (discrimination) |
| peer appraisal | inna nazwa 360-degree feedback |
| smart (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) | rozwiń SMART |
| to overreach authority | przeciągać swoją władzę |
| Johari Window (Arena, Facade, Blind Pot, Unknown) | okna Johari wymień |
| bid, proporsal, offer | oferta, stawka |
| broker | makler |
| circulation | obieg, krążenie, nakład |
| leverage | wpływ, dźwignia finansowa |
| regular appearances | regularne wystąpienia |
| lobby | kutuary |
| quatas | parytety |
| ethnic miniorities | mniejszości etniczne |
| dead-end job | job without perspectives |
| corporate scam | oszustwo korporacyjne |
| greenwash | pokazywanie sztucznych informacji zeby zataic prawde |
| to Stagnate at | utrzymywać się na poziomie |
| To be sued | być pozwanym |
| Emblematic | symboliczny |
| rotten | słaby, skorupowany, zgniły, |
| disdain | pogarda |
| unbranded | niemarkowe |
| to take a risk | podjąć ryzyko |
| to take an action | podjąć akcję |
| to make a decision | podjąć decyzję |
| to take credit for other's work | to allow people believe that one has done sth praiseworthy, whether or not one has actually did it |
| To hardwire sth into the system | to embed, to put sth into the system |
| a revamp | patch, reorganization |