From the course: Writing in Plain English (2016)

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Avoid corporate jargon in writing

Avoid corporate jargon in writing

From the course: Writing in Plain English (2016)

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Avoid corporate jargon in writing

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- Are you familiar with March Madness? Basketball fans certainly are. Filling out brackets can be fun and challenging. But what about jargon madness? You can fill it out and share your bracket with your friends and colleagues for your favorite annoying jargon. Why would you do that? The short answer is to get you one step closer to writing in plain English. Corporate jargon, or corporate speak, corporate lingo, or maybe you prefer business speak, business jargon, or some call it management speak, or buzzwords. They all mean the same thing. Words that make no sense. Jennifer Chapman, a management professor at the University of California Berkeley's High School of Business believes that jargon mask real meaning. That people use it as a substitute for thinking hard and clearly about their goals. And the direction that they want to give others. Various studies have been done on corporate jargon. I should mention that what is included in corporate jargon may change from year to year just…

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