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detachment

English translation: absence of prejudice or bias

07:49 Feb 1, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: detachment
"If you're working in a big corporation, make a point of meeting people in different functions. Grill the HR folks on how they hire people, Pick the sales guys brains---. Approaching the first job with this level of detachment enabled some young workers to deal better with certain aspects of the grind."

What does it mean by detachment in above context?
jomo
South Korea
Local time: 14:56
Selected answer:absence of prejudice or bias
Explanation:
see definition no. 4 for your context:
www.answers.com/topic/detachment
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 07:56
Grading comment
Thank you very much.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +3absence of prejudice or bias
Edith Kelly
4impartiality
Nelida Kreer
3nonpreferential attitude
ErichEko ⟹⭐
3avoiding emotional involvement (not getting their emotions in the way at work)
Joyce A


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
absence of prejudice or bias


Explanation:
see definition no. 4 for your context:
www.answers.com/topic/detachment

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 07:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
Grading comment
Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  V_Nedkov
1 hr
agree  Deborah Workman
16 hrs
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
3 days 6 hrs
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nonpreferential attitude


Explanation:
You get to know every function, not only the function(s) that you are assigned to or inclined to specialize in. This way, you see concerns from every angle in the organization; it will enable you to understand why you should do certain things that you consider unimportant or waste of time and energy (i.e. the grind)

ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 12:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thank you for your kind efforts.

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
avoiding emotional involvement (not getting their emotions in the way at work)


Explanation:
It's the first definition in WordWeb.
1. avoiding emotional involvement.

Working in a big corporation can be a grueling. You have to be calm, collected and objective--you can't get all emotionally involved.

I think that is the way some of these young workers tried to approach their job in order to be able to deal with the toughness.

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 12:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Asker: Thank you for your answer !

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impartiality


Explanation:

detachment

1. aloofness and indifference: lack of interest in or involvement with other people, or indifference to worldly concerns
2. disinterestedness: a lack of bias, prejudice, or emotional involvement
3. condition or process of separation: the condition of being separated from something, or the process of separating one thing from another
4. military military unit sent on special assignment: a military unit separated from its normal, larger unit for special duties
5. specialized group: any specialized and separately employed unit of a group or organization
6. Canada Canadian police unit: an organizational unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

If pressed to select a meaning from the above listed ones, IN CONTEXT of course, I would definitely go for Nr. 2, which coincides with the answer given by EdithK.

However, not to repeat the dictionary entry verbatim, I have chosen to express the glossary entry as suggested above, in the understanding that these workers need to gain an overall insight of the company and their new job by means of interviewing people in differing positions, so as to be able to form an uninvolved, as impartial as possible, assessment of the duties or responsibilities connected with their new jobs.

Nelida Kreer
Local time: 01:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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Asker: Thank you very much for your efforts!

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