"corporate task" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a task or responsibility that is assigned to or undertaken by a corporation or business organization. Example: "As the new director of operations, one of my main corporate tasks will be to streamline our supply chain and reduce costs."
Four other corporate task force members, L. L. Bean, Patagonia, Nicole Miller and Kathie Lee Gifford, have accepted the new agreement.
The South Yorkshire police operation to avoid blame for the disaster, and to allege misbehaviour by the supporters, was maintained as a corporate task by senior police officers, overseen by Wright.
And managers who exercise their authority over a collaborative community will defeat the purpose of social media-based collaboration and turn energetic and innovative communities into just another form of corporate task force.
At times it felt like just another tedious corporate task to wade through.
Yet he maintains that ad hoc corporate task forces are often a better way of solving problems than calling in consultants.
They are all about "competition" until private corporations have to compete with public sector ventures that can provide superior services for less money and don't have to pay millions in profits to satisfy their corporate task masters.
They are also buying into the global trend toward outsourcing corporate tasks like payroll administration, product testing and manufacturing.
We do like the idea of consolidating all these services into one Web interface, but attempts to centralize corporate tasks are always a tough slog.
Corporate tasks such as payroll and invoicing can be standardised and costs cut if they are performed outside the organisation by a specialist – but only if the circumstances are right.
For example, Peoplesoft, a California software company whose products help automate a variety of vital corporate tasks, warned investors in its annual report this spring that sales could suffer if it could not find enough consultants skilled at installing its wares.
If you don't ruthlessly protect your time, you will watch your calendar rapidly fill up with retirement parties, ribbon cuttings and other corporate tasks that have nothing to do with advancing the strategy.
