Not even a flicker, debate over opinion here.
> It struck me that youall seemed to equate administrivia with business.
Sorta' granted but not totally.
> I suggest that Academia is far more polluted with Administratium than is
> business and that government is in between. The only way that B schools,
> and especially MBA schools, can help the situation is by
Illegal -> re-engineering <- are you a Professional Engineer?
We need to cut upsurping another people's disciplines and
do a better job of our own.
> Businesses are focused on the near term because their stockholders want it
> that way and the majority of stockholders are employees, at least
> somewhere.
Oh? I'll play the where's your scholarly site, devil's
advocate on this one ;-)
>So don't blame the focus on short term profits.
Sorry "they" are still part of the problem.
> Instead let's focus on the inability of managers to manage,
You got the nail on the head on this one.
> Donald Schon's book, Educating the
> Reflective Practitioner, has several good prescriptions along this line.
Great cite. I believe in reflective practice. I am
very solution-oriented.... so let's not just reflect
and contemplate our navels.... and stop there.
What can *we* *do*?
--
Best Regards,
Pat Gantt
pagantt@worldnet.att.net
Pat@HomeMail.com
The University of Tennessee M.S. Human Resource
Development
Electronic Performance Instructor Information Source Locator
(ISL)