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Dela Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

discipline

But few companies that hire in the mass market have the discipline to go about doing that rationally and systematically or to think past such vague qualities as "service orientation" and "good work ethic".

--Does the discipline here mean methods? and past here means more than?
  

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Hi Dela, 1) I actually think that I found the website where this comes from. articleID=R0505G&ml_action=get-article&print=true 2) Yes, I think like you do. a) I think 'discipline' here refers to a methodology which could be tiresome as implied.

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  • Hi Dela, 1) I actually think that I found the website where this comes from.
  • articleID=R0505G&ml_action=get-article&print=true 2) Yes, I think like you do.
  • a) I think 'discipline' here refers to a methodology which could be tiresome as implied.
  • b) And yes, 'past' here seem to have been used to mean 'beyond' or in your words 'more than'.
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Hi Dela,

1) I actually think that I found the website where this comes from. Its is from Harvard Business Online:

http://harvardbusinesso
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Think of it as having both the desire and the ability to follow a structured approach.
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