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DiAAnaP Posted 11 years ago
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"ownership focused"

What does it mean to say that a working environment is "ownership focused"?
And this was a listed as detail on web page in bullet point form, so no, there's no surrounding context to infer the meaning from:)
  

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diAAnaP What does it mean to say that a working environment is "ownership focused"? It's quite awkward English, probably written by someone who is not a native speaker, bu trying their best to give a professional glow to their text. I guess it means that the management pays particular attention to the working conditions of the employees.

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  • diAAnaP What does it mean to say that a working environment is "ownership focused"?
  • It's quite awkward English, probably written by someone who is not a native speaker, bu trying their best to give a professional glow to their text.
  • I guess it means that the management pays particular attention to the working conditions of the employees.
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diAAnaPWhat does it mean to say that a working environment is "ownership focused"?
It's quite awkward English, probably written by someone who is not a native speaker, bu trying their best to give a professional glow to their text.

I guess it means that the management pays particular attention to the working conditions of the employees.
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AlpheccaStars diAAnaPWhat does it mean to say that a working environment is "ownership focused"?It's quite awkward English, probably written by someone who is not a native speaker, bu trying their best to give a professional glow to their text.I guess it means that the management pays particular attention to the working conditions of the employees.
Thanks AS.
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diAAnaPWhat does it mean to say that a working environment is "ownership focused"?
This could mean—and I stress "could"—that the company considers it an important goal that each employee should take ownership (responsibility) for the task before him/her. The opposite attitude is for an employee to pass things on to another employee or department saying "That'
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diAAnaPit's written by a pretty standard company
Then it's some new "business speak" jargon. "Newspeak" gets (re)invented all the time.
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AlpheccaStarsThen it's some new "business speak" jargon. "Newspeak" gets (re)invented all the time.
I used to work for a big multinational corporation. There it was practically the flavor of the month where vacuous language was concerned. You just barely caught on to what they meant by some incomprehensible phrase or slogan and they were off onto another one
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It is almost impossible to provide an answer without more context, so treat the following strictly as speculation…it could be that an "ownership-focused working environment" is one where the employees are treated as owners. In other words, where the employees' interests are aligned with those of the owners'. This is quite possible with companies that offer all sorts of employee share/stock plans a
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diAAnaP that a working environment is "ownership focused"?
Is this the full context?

This attractive two building 215,000 square foot campus offers a first class amenity package including an on-site full service cafeteria with Braemar Cafe, Tenant conference space, a mix of surface and underground reserve parking and well capitalized ownership
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