We are a political democracy, but in the United States, work life is made up of fiefdoms. Predictably the fact that the workplace is not a democracy is defended in the same way that the monarchies were. Through wealth, power, or education, some people are just more qualified to rule over the rest of us. Of course the peasants don't get a vote in who rules them--that would be mob rule and madness.....
I would be curious to know if there is such a thing as a democratic company--where management and owners regularly consult employees. Because that might be a very effective management strategy....
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Personally I don't want laparoscopic surgery by
committee. I see the merit in consulting people at various strata within an entity--ideally the flow of knowledge should go from the bottom up as well as top-down, but pure democracy in a business entity strains the realm of the possible (or desirable). I think you mean that so-called "managers" should use the knowledge base of their so-called subordinates. This is as it should be. For example--NCO's in the military often call 2d lieutenants "butter bars"--meaning the rank insignia on the collars of the 2d Lieut. are meaningless--not incidentally the highest rate of fragging of friendly personnel in Viet Nam was of 2d lieutenants who were fragged by disgruntled NCOs--imagine the knowledge base problems of a 2d lieutenant fresh out of OCS trying to lead battle-hardened non-commissioned personnel.
soju never posts anymore--
what with working so much.
poor soju.
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