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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Diverted

Hi.
What do "...organizational energies being diverted to develop the annual budget" mean?

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People in the organization are being taken away om their normal tasks in order to work on financial planning for the future.

— Clive

  • People in the organization are being taken away om their normal tasks in order to work on financial planning for the future.
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People in the organization are being taken away om their normal tasks in order to work on financial planning for the future.
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Does it mean that their effort is futile?Or that they are forced to turn their attention to annual budget?
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Does it mean that their effort is futile? No. But it implies that it is not good for the organization.

Or that they are forced to turn their attention to annual budget? Basically, yes.

Clive
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CliveDoes it mean that their effort is futile? No. But it implies that it is not good for the organization.
Why is it not good for the organization?
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If.organizational energies are diverted, it means they are taken away from their main purpose.

Clive
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you mean that developing annual budget is a side activiy?But if it were, they probably wouldn't take people away for that purpose, would they
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The choice of the word 'diverted' was the writer's, not mine. I'm just telling you what it means

Clive.
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So it implies that developing annual budget is a side activity?
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