On 14 Aug 96 at 22:45, Rol Fessenden wrote:
> My second point is that I notice that this is the 3rd or 5th time in
> 10 months that this issue of blaming management has come up, and it
> makes me wonder why it is such a hot button. Why is there so much
> anger out there? If we have read the books we know that there is
> value in attacking the problem, but not a lot of value in attacking
> people.
I don't know how much anger is out there, or exactly what you meant by
that statement, but I SUSPECT that there is a bias in this particular
online community against management, because the notion is that management
is the keeper of the system. While you and I understand the difference
between finding cause and blame, people out there in organizations do not
always do so (I have met thousands), and use the system or management as
handy scapegoats for their own organizational unhappiness.
Whether management is or is not the only cause objectively is moot with
respect to making transitions to an LO, because one of the major issues is
to break through the layers and lack of understanding between them.
Robert Bacal, CEO, Institute For Cooperative Communication
dbt359@freenet.mb.ca, Located in Winnipeg,Canada.
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--"Robert Bacal" <dbt359@freenet.mb.ca>
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