de conjunto

English translation: as a whole

14:26 Oct 9, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Psychology
Spanish term or phrase: de conjunto
Not sure what it means here: la aproximación racional se centra en el grado en el que los gerentes tienen sus objetivos definidos, describiendo el proceso estratégico como sistemático y de conjunto.

global?
peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 18:24
English translation:as a whole
Explanation:
I can't get this to work unless I make "systematic" into an adverb:

describing the strategy as one done systematically and as a whole.

This book is probably the first attempt to treat the psychology of animals systematically and as a whole. It is based on the theory of evolution, ...
darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text...

Browsing such semantic maps allows a user to explore an area of knowledge systematically and as a whole, rather than just finding granular discrete objects ...
https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/.../browsing, cross-indexing...
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Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 09:24
Grading comment
Great - thankyou.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4as a whole
Patricia Rosas
4 +1integrated
James A. Walsh
4groupal
Ximena Escudero


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
integrated


Explanation:
That's how I'm reading it.

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 18:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
6 hrs
  -> Gracias, Alejandro. Saludos :)
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
as a whole


Explanation:
I can't get this to work unless I make "systematic" into an adverb:

describing the strategy as one done systematically and as a whole.

This book is probably the first attempt to treat the psychology of animals systematically and as a whole. It is based on the theory of evolution, ...
darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text...

Browsing such semantic maps allows a user to explore an area of knowledge systematically and as a whole, rather than just finding granular discrete objects ...
https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/.../browsing, cross-indexing...

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Great - thankyou.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Excellent -thankyou.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Boulter: Sure; very idiomatic and smooth. Or perhaps '...on the whole' depending on the text that surrounds it.
22 mins
  -> thank you, Richard!

agree  LisaV20
26 mins
  -> thank you!

agree  Emma Ratcliffe
12 hrs
  -> thank you, Emma!

agree  Andrea Angue (X)
1 day 2 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
groupal


Explanation:
Hi, I hope you are fine, honestly, this is a though one, I am not utterly sure if it refers to global or groupal, though I think that it is talking about a team work, or a result of all implied people effort.

hope it helps,

Saludos,

Ximena.

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-10-09 14:44:32 GMT)
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sorry is a tough one not though, thanks.

Ximena Escudero
Germany
Local time: 18:24
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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