While competition *may* not have a place within an organisation
or network of organisations, I think there is good evidence
that it has an important place in the healthy functioning of
any economy or industry.
In general, I am not a great fan of war as a competitive
metaphor myself. I find ecological metaphors prompt me to think
more holistically about competition for competitive space.
Con
p.s. Is anyone else having problems telling whether mail has
been directed via the learning org mailing list or via the
systems dynanamics list?
Con Gregg <congregg@iol.ie>
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Host's Note:
Messages from learning org will have
"Reply to: learning-org@world.std.com"
in the message header. Whether you can see this info depends on the mail
reader you are using. The program I use (pine on a unix system) displays
an abbreviated header, including From and Reply-to. I have heard from
some people whose mail programs do not display the From line (this is the
reason I ask everyone to include their email address at the end of their
message).
If any others are having the problem Con mentions, would you email me and
let me know what mail reader you are using.
To resolve this problem, you'll have to talk to your system administrator
or internet provider.
-- Rick Karash, rkarash@world.std.com, host for learning-org