Postrunde
English translation: brainstorming group (team), inquiry discussion group
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| 20:14 Jan 18, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Hans-Henning Judek Local time: 01:58 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | Round robin |
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| 4 +1 | brainstorming group or team |
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| 2 | immediate team |
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13 mins confidence: 
immediate team Explanation: this is only a guess, never heard the word with this meaning before. There are only two Google hits, both are games, and the Postrunde has a different meaning. I assume, they immediately call a team after receiving the mail containing the inquiry |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1brainstorming group or team Explanation: This is indeed an unusual expression. Postrunde is normally used for the daily tour of the postman (I worked as a student in my summer holidays as a substitute postman in Germany) or vehicles (see first reference). Another application is the company internal delivery procedure of the incoming mail (second refence). But both is definitely not meant here. "Runde" is the same as in "Gespr?chsrunde" or "Diskussionsrunde" (discussion group), where the general idea is that the participants sit in a circular configuration around a table or on a circle of chairs. As this group is supposed to discuss incoming inquiries, to hear several opinions and to get to a conclusion, I think that not the time factor (getting together immediately) is the central task, but hearing different opinions and probably even finding a decision at this point. I think this is covered nicely by "brainstorming group" or "brainstorming team" ...we immediately call for a brainstorming meeting, where the following persons participate... is the basic idea. HTH Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/de/lif/dat/1999/de_399D0676.htm... Reference: http://demo.corenet.ch/arbeitsplatz/standorte/frauenfeld/pos... |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2Round robin Explanation: Do we have any evidence to suggest that these people actually meet in person? I see none. I too worked as a relief postman (at Christmas), many years ago :-) So ... not that, for sure. I think it is perfectly possible for these people to send notes to each other. I can't remember the technical term for inhouse envelopes (usually large buff manila envelopes in England), sent round to all those whose names appear on the cover. The envelope contains documents for commenting/actioning. Each recipient signs against his/her name on the cover and passes it to the next person (usually by way of the company's internal courier/post person). One term for it is, however, round robin. |
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