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POSITION STATUS FORM [3 records]

Record 1 1994-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

Lack of or uncertainty of knowledge of an individual regarding his status relative to environmental datum points. Thus geographical disorientation relating to position and orientation in terms of direction on the earth's surface; temporal disorientation, relating to time. Spatial Disorientation is the form generally encountered in aviation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Impossibilité ou difficulté, pour un individu, de connaître sa situation par rapport à des points de références du milieu extérieur. Ainsi, la désorientation géographique est relative à la position et à l'orientation par rapport à une direction sur la surface terrestre. La désorientation dans le temps est relative à l'appréciation du temps. La désorientation spatiale est la forme généralement rencontrée en aviation.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

A form of emergent conflict that arises when the status accorded a person is not in line with the individual' s position of rank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel
OBS

(OALO)

Spanish

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