On 4 Dec 98 at 15:00, michael levenhagen wrote:
> I've sort of been waiting for someone to stumble on this thought
> in the
> conversation. Didn't we recently have someone ask if economics was
> relevant to business education (and a response from an economist)?
I'm wondering what the relevance is...oh well.
>
> If you are a firm humbled or driven from the marketplace by a
> competitor, I'd say you, your employees, stockholders, community,
> and other stakeholders may have been significantly damaged.
>
> I know it's nice to be nice these days, maybe even fashionable
> (in our
> politically correct world), but conflict seems to be an essential
> element in the universe, business, polite societies no matter how
> enlightened or where one is. I would think economics has said a
> great deal about this.
I think perhaps you are lumping various KINDS of conflict together
here. On a superficial level it may appear that conflict is an
"essential element" but without specifying what KINDS of conflict (or
do you mean ALL), then I don't see how we can get beyond the surface
of the issue.
But perhaps the superficial is the best we can expect on the
Internet?
(snotty, right?) perhaps conflict provoking right? An essential
element of communication? Nope!
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