The phrase ’size matters’ is usually taken to mean bigger is better. By this logic a whale is better than a dolphin, a table cloth is better than a napkin, and General Motors is better than Rolls-Royce.
When it comes to business organizations, being gargantuan brings with it huge risks. With hyper-size comes the “too big [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Size matters, and small is a size
Posted in Management on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You’re expendable! No, YOU are!
Posted in In the News, Management, tagged Boeing on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If it didn’t hurt so much, one could laugh out loud, and more or less non-stop, at the antics of Boeing and its unions.
The machinists went on strike, and while they were gone customers were not getting the planes they ordered. This infuriated their best customers. Apparently the union workers were only thinking of the needs of [...]
I have nothing to say today
Posted in Family & Friends on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I feel like a stuck bottle of ketchup. That’s all I have to say.
Robert Reich explains the Republicans
Posted in In the News, tagged Republican party, Republicans, Robert Reich on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a voter, I’m a card-carrying independent. As an aside, if both parties were true to their original ideals I would be a Republican. I am an advocate of small government and self-reliance, and both values are a far cry from the current Republican way of life, unfortunately. The Republicans seem to be committed to [...]
Hummers yes, healthcare no
Posted in In the News, Management, Tucson on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Los Angeles Times today provides a littany of hardships around the country that will affect healthcare, employment, and tourism. Tourists, of course, support the vast number of people who work entry level jobs and who tend to live from paycheck to paycheck. They are the population most at risk during economic slowdowns.
We seem to [...]
A baseball league for the chemically enhanced?
Posted in In the News, Parody, tagged baseball, steroids on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a sports fan, and my interest in sports is centered on the peripheral aspects of the games, things like drug use by the players. The dedication to drug use among professional baseball players seems to have no end. Sports Illustrated now adds Alex Rodriguez to the list. Wikipedia says you can call him [...]
Does Arizona favor salsa over science?
Posted in In the News, Management on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Arizona Daily Star editorializes today about a $22.5 million reduction in state money for the Science Foundation Arizona, a non-profit enterprise set up three years ago to promote Arizona as a state for high technology businesses to locate. They have some pretty impressive folks on the board of directors and some important corporations and [...]
God and the modern manager
Posted in Management on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The great scriptures of the world, and the saints, have a lot to say about work. My favorite among these sources is the poet Rumi, and you probably have your own favorites. Meanwhile, people at work have nothing to say about scripture, saints, or God, for that matter. I should say that I am writing [...]
Phelps: America sweats the small stuff
Posted in In the News on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If we were ever to decide not to sweat the small stuff, I think today would be a good time to start.
How do we have time to worry about stuff like Michael Phelps taking a hit on a bong when we are in two wars, the economy is melting down, California can’t pay state income [...]
Chanting is good in times like these
Posted in Inspiration, Management on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have worked in a lot of different places—far more than my responsible friends have done. One of the things I have learned from this eclectic (some would say erratic) experience is that professional managers want people who work for them to keep their distance from each other. Individuals are easier to manage, and ease of [...]
