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{{g}}The stock-in-trade of a [[Middle management|middle manager]] and the [[management consultant]] {{sex|she}} aspires to become.
{{a|mgmt|}}The stock-in-trade of a [[Middle management|middle manager]] and the [[management consultant]] {{sex|she}} aspires to become.


Like a [[key performance indicator]], a [[second-order derivative]] of ''actual'' performance [[calculated]] to allow non-experts to make cavalier management decisions, usually to reduce expenditure on — aka make [[Redundancy|redundant]] — the person performing that function.
Like a [[key performance indicator]], a [[second-order derivative]] of ''actual'' performance [[calculated]] to allow non-experts to make cavalier management decisions, usually to reduce expenditure on — aka make [[Redundancy|redundant]] — the person performing that function.

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The stock-in-trade of a middle manager and the management consultant she aspires to become.

Like a key performance indicator, a second-order derivative of actual performance calculated to allow non-experts to make cavalier management decisions, usually to reduce expenditure on — aka make redundant — the person performing that function.

To be contrasted with the ineffable, inarticulable skills that are provided by a subject matter expert.

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