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Watson’s slim book on jargon is in the form of a discursive essay tracing the history of “sludge and management-speak” back to the rise of business schools and the large corporations which employ their graduates. He follows this sludge into public speech, media jargon and the workplace. An irreverent look at management and the language […]http://padraigrooney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/large.wotnix.com_.jpeg