報連相

See also: 報・連・相

Japanese

Kanji in this term
報 連 相
ほう
Grade: 5		 れん
Grade: 4		 そう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

An initialism using the first characters from the words 報告 (hōkoku, “report, reporting”) + 連絡 (renraku, “contacting, communicating”) + 相談 (sōdan, “consulting, discussing”).[1]

Intentionally coined as a homophone with 菠薐草 (hōrensō, “spinach”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

報連相 (hiragana ほうれんそう, rōmaji hōrensō)

  1. reporting, communicating, and consulting: an approach to decision-making and the sharing of information in an organization
    Compare the “RACI” initialism used in some project management approaches.

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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