A company where decisions are made by a company's leadership team and then communicated to lower-level employees. This typically means that employees at lower levels of the organization often have little to no say in how the company's decisions are made.
Example: The company had a top-down culture where the company's leadership decided the product priorities for each quarter without a lot of input from the relevant teams.
Variations: top-down management
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Question: What does "Calendar Invite" mean?
(A) When a person wants to meet with you next week.
(B) An email sent to schedule a meeting with the option to either accept or decline the meeting at the scheduled time.
(C) When a person has available time on their calendar to meet with you.
(D) When a person does not have any time to meet with you.
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Date: 04/29/2024
Word: Close It Out
Definition: To mark something as completed.
Example: This task has been fixed, so let's close it out within the task tracker.
"Top-Down Culture." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1745. Accessed 04/29/2024.