In the lore of management theory, there is an argument that an informal organisation is usually stronger and more potent than a formal administrative structure or organogram of practically every ...

A formal letter or email would have a standard greeting ‘Dear Ms. White’ and sign-off ‘Yours sincerely, Nathan Reilly’ whereas an informal letter or email might use a first name ‘Dear ...

First off, it's a bit informal and abrupt ... Again, it's not the worst greeting in the world, but it's a little old-fashioned. 'Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms. [last name], ...' The "Dear" family is tricky ...

Then, Luna began speaking in Spanish, greeting people with "Buenas noches." "Greetings to those who speak Spanish in this ...

Charles Towers-Clark writes about humans in organisations and AI. Contrarily to formal networks, informal networks emerge out of necessity through the creation of relationships between individuals ...

These are formal occasions and they require a ritualized greeting. So too at Mass, for we are coming into the Presence of God. The Mass is not an informal gathering of a group of people.

First off, it's a bit informal and abrupt. Then when you tack on the exclamation point, it just gets annoying. "It's a bit jarring right off the bat — like someone is shouting at me," Schwalbe says.

With this understanding, I could have been more confident to use the informal network, namely social connections formed with colleagues at work, as a base on which the formal network could be ...