Afraid I agree more with Frugal. Although it is much misused, I
understand proactive to refer to actions taken wthout reference to
previous action received. If I see a character I don't like the looks of
and simply attack him, that's proactive. If I take no action upon
approaching him, he tries to mug me and I attack him, that's reactive.
Thus proactive and reactive are two subsets of active. Of course, I am a
Californian, and thus troppo, so my opinon probably doesn't count. :-)
Moose
Chris Barker wrote:
Not sure that the word legitimate aptly describes "proactive" Frugal.
It means "active" doesn't it, so why not stick with active.
"Proactive" was invented by people who had no other way of emphasizing
how clever they were to senior management. Alternatively, it was made
up by management gurus to provide some variety to the turgid tomes
they were churning out to the voracious management training schools.
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