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Bus/Financial - Management / corporatespeak | | French term or phrase: culture de la mesure | The company is undergoing massive reorganization of its IT environment and talking about its objectives.
"- déploiement du management par processus, développement de la culture de la mesure, standardisation du poste de travail (Spot), renforcement du management sur des domaines clés (pilotage de la performance, développement des compétences) en 2002 et 2003." |
| | | culture of measurement | Explanation:
The author Robert Young uses the term “quantification.” I did not find any hits for “culture of quantification” but I did find quite a few for “culture of measurement.” I also liked the “culture of finance” that I found at AMS.org.
« La culture de la mesure »
Ceci se manifeste d'abord en psychiatrie par une objectivation, une quantification permettant d'établir des comparaisons, des vérifications et une validation par l'application de la statistique, la recherche de la preuve.
Nous ne pouvons que souscrire ici à ce que décrit J. Mornet dans sa contribution, sur ce qu'il nous dit de l'exclusion du risque dans notre société. Ceci implique le recours à des outils particuliers dont témoigne le développement fantastique des échelles, grilles et questionnaires, l'utilisation de classifications standardisées, de protocoles et de méthodologies éprouvés. Tout ceci est désormais bien connu et aboutit à l'adoption par la psychiatrie de ce qu'on a appelé une « culture de la mesure », qui s'apparente au culte de l'objet dont la réduction permet l'ambition de jouir de sa totale maîtrise.
http://www.eg-psychiatrie.com/article.php3?id_article=185
The Writings of Professor Robert M. Young
'Why Are Figures so Significant? The Role and the Critique of Quantification' 77k.
This essay attempts to bring together the criticisms of Cartesian mind-body dualism, the doctrine of primary and secondary qualities, the banishment of final causes, and materialist reductionism, as made by A. E. Burtt and A. N. Whitehead, on the one hand, and Marxist criticisms of reification, fetishism and alienation, on the other. Quantification does not come out unscathed; nor is it rubbished. It appears in I. Miles et al., eds. Demystifying Social Statistics. London: Pluto Press, 1979, pp. 63-74.
http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper34.html
Establishing a Culture of Measurement - A Practical Guide to BI
by Information Builders
Abstract: Learn how Information Builders' philosophy of business intelligence will help you to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization.
http://www.bitpipe.com/data/detail?id=1063730808_5&type=RES&...
http://www.ams.org/notices/200301/fea-poovey.pdf
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Note added at 16 hrs 35 mins (2004-07-06 18:36:25 GMT)
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« La culture de la mesure » is a phrase that was coined in the halls of psychiatry to describe the way people and their relationships were reduced to statistical data and then that data was manipulated. People became numbers to be manipulated. In other words, in pursuit of the goal of scientific objectivity, the humanity was lost.
The article on quantification by Robert Young is a debate on that subject and it is the closest translation for “la culture de la mesure” that I could find.
It is possible that the author of your text is not aware of the original meaning of the catch phrase. If so, you have more latitude in translation. Please bear in mind, however, that the original meaning has the negative connotation of objectifying humanity. For further clarification, please see the information on “Homo Economicus, un homme sans qualité.”
http://www.eg-psychiatrie.com/article.php3?id_article=185
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6 hrs confidence: | culture de la mesure (urgent) development of a "performance culture"
Explanation:
The company wants to get more out of its employees, and wants to create a culture of high performance and geater achievement which didn't exist before.
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 | culture de la mesure (urgent) culture of measurement
Explanation:
The author Robert Young uses the term “quantification.” I did not find any hits for “culture of quantification” but I did find quite a few for “culture of measurement.” I also liked the “culture of finance” that I found at AMS.org.
« La culture de la mesure »
Ceci se manifeste d'abord en psychiatrie par une objectivation, une quantification permettant d'établir des comparaisons, des vérifications et une validation par l'application de la statistique, la recherche de la preuve.
Nous ne pouvons que souscrire ici à ce que décrit J. Mornet dans sa contribution, sur ce qu'il nous dit de l'exclusion du risque dans notre société. Ceci implique le recours à des outils particuliers dont témoigne le développement fantastique des échelles, grilles et questionnaires, l'utilisation de classifications standardisées, de protocoles et de méthodologies éprouvés. Tout ceci est désormais bien connu et aboutit à l'adoption par la psychiatrie de ce qu'on a appelé une « culture de la mesure », qui s'apparente au culte de l'objet dont la réduction permet l'ambition de jouir de sa totale maîtrise.
http://www.eg-psychiatrie.com/article.php3?id_article=185
The Writings of Professor Robert M. Young
'Why Are Figures so Significant? The Role and the Critique of Quantification' 77k.
This essay attempts to bring together the criticisms of Cartesian mind-body dualism, the doctrine of primary and secondary qualities, the banishment of final causes, and materialist reductionism, as made by A. E. Burtt and A. N. Whitehead, on the one hand, and Marxist criticisms of reification, fetishism and alienation, on the other. Quantification does not come out unscathed; nor is it rubbished. It appears in I. Miles et al., eds. Demystifying Social Statistics. London: Pluto Press, 1979, pp. 63-74.
http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper34.html
Establishing a Culture of Measurement - A Practical Guide to BI
by Information Builders
Abstract: Learn how Information Builders' philosophy of business intelligence will help you to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization.
http://www.bitpipe.com/data/detail?id=1063730808_5&type=RES&...
http://www.ams.org/notices/200301/fea-poovey.pdf
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Note added at 16 hrs 35 mins (2004-07-06 18:36:25 GMT)
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« La culture de la mesure » is a phrase that was coined in the halls of psychiatry to describe the way people and their relationships were reduced to statistical data and then that data was manipulated. People became numbers to be manipulated. In other words, in pursuit of the goal of scientific objectivity, the humanity was lost.
The article on quantification by Robert Young is a debate on that subject and it is the closest translation for “la culture de la mesure” that I could find.
It is possible that the author of your text is not aware of the original meaning of the catch phrase. If so, you have more latitude in translation. Please bear in mind, however, that the original meaning has the negative connotation of objectifying humanity. For further clarification, please see the information on “Homo Economicus, un homme sans qualité.”
http://www.eg-psychiatrie.com/article.php3?id_article=185
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