Delta to goal

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Hi friends,I just wanted to know what does the word "Delta to Goal" mean? Our manager was explaining the targets to be achieving for the company and in the course of the conversation, he used the phrase "Delta to Goal".Thanks a lotRegardsGautam

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[nq:1]Hi friends, I just wanted to know what does the word "Delta to Goal" mean? Our manager was explaining the targets to be achieving for the company and in the course of the conversation, he used the phrase "Delta to Goal".[/nq]
I'd say it is not a common phrase if you search with Google for "delta to goal" you'll find only one result. It's in a chart that's hard to puzzle out, but it's about manufacturing processes, so it seems to be close to your question. "Delta" is used in mathematics to stand for an amount of change an "increment of a variable," the dictionaries say. I think it's used in this chart to mean the difference between the actual result for each month and the goal for that month, but someone else might speak with more confidence.

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[nq:1]I just wanted to know what does the word "Delta to Goal" mean? Our manager was explaining the targets to be achieving for the company and in the course of the conversation, he used the phrase "Delta to Goal".[/nq]
You must ask the manager, at least to be sure
you heard him correctly. Points include:

1. The US Army is supposed to have a smallelite force called Delta Force. The manager may
have been referring to that if you heard him aright.
2. Did he say "go" or "goal"? They sound verysimilar.
Do not be afraid to ask about this. All work
groups have their own jargon, and your inquiry
would indicate you want to master the local jargon. (But you have to be very polite, to ensure he
does not suppose you are criticizing his accent.)

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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[nq:2]Hi friends, I just wanted to know what does the ... of the conversation, he used the phrase "Delta to Goal".[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd say it is not a common phrase if you search with Google for "delta to goal" you'll find ... the actual result for each month and the goal for that month, but someone else might speak with more confidence.[/nq]
Yes, its sounds like pretty standard management-speak. "Delta" "the change"; "Goal""our target". So, "The absolute or relative amount by which things need to change from their current value in order to achieve the target set".
It's very much jargon, but as it took me 22 words to paraphrase 3, possibly a useful shorthand provided the audience members understand it. Of course, the original post shows that not all of them did. But then, a failure to remember that one's audience doesn't always have the same background as yourself, and therefore doesn't necessarily recognise every arcane morsel of the corporate terminology that you yourself live and breathe, is almost a sine qua non of being a corporate line manager.
Cheers - Ian

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