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control consciousness

English translation: level of awareness of supervision

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English term or phrase:control consciousness
Selected answer:level of awareness of supervision
Entered by: Julia Gal

16:37 Jun 14, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
English term or phrase: control consciousness
I'm translating a document into French, which was obviously not written by a native English-speaker, and I have no clue what is meant by some of the strange expressions used...

"The company culture sets the tone of an organization, influencing the ***control conciousness*** [stet] of its people. It is the foundation for all other components of internal control."

What on earth do they mean? To what degree the employees are aware of being controlled by their superiors, maybe?
Julia Gal
Local time: 19:57
level of awareness of supervision
Explanation:
The only thing that seems logical to me is that the company's culture (as it's communicated to the employees) influences the employees' perception of whether or not the company is in control of the operation and its employees' performance. Is somebody in charge? Do they know what I'm doing? Can I do anything I please?

To what degree the employees are aware of being controlled by their superiors, maybe? Yes, I think so.
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 11:57
Grading comment
Thanks for clarifying that, Kim.
When you're working with something this badly written, you end up no longer knowing what makes sense yourself!
Hopefully my translation will be more easily understood than the original!
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level of awareness of supervision


Explanation:
The only thing that seems logical to me is that the company's culture (as it's communicated to the employees) influences the employees' perception of whether or not the company is in control of the operation and its employees' performance. Is somebody in charge? Do they know what I'm doing? Can I do anything I please?

To what degree the employees are aware of being controlled by their superiors, maybe? Yes, I think so.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 11:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks for clarifying that, Kim.
When you're working with something this badly written, you end up no longer knowing what makes sense yourself!
Hopefully my translation will be more easily understood than the original!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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