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> What would an organization that did not need management look like?

A bureauacracy. As in "federal government." How is it working so far?
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> What would an organization that did not want management look like?

A university faculty

The Berzerkeley campus in 1965.

How is it working so far?
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> What is it about the sound of falling water that frees up thought?

Shuts down the interaction of your right and left lobe (or maybe even you
regress to a prenatal condition). Did your mother know you were thinking
such things? No wonder the doctor spanked you. Or, according to Chris
Platt's model, were you just attracted to masochism and intending a
professors life from the beginning? <[;-)+

Jack Ring
Innovation Management
sendmail:jring@amug.org

In response to Dutch Driver's questions:

What would an organization that did not need management look like?

Ans.: A cemetery.

What would an organization that did not want management look like?

Ans.: The Clinton White House.

What is it about the sound of falling water that frees up thought?

Ans.: Are you talking about water on the brain?

WDM

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