lightning's dialog above misses one thing, in a business
environment, when faced with a project and no resources, the clever
manager goes out and plays Tom Sawyer, getting others in the org to
buy in and commit their resources based on the (perceived) benenfit
their own group will derive. That's what I've done in every job
I've ever had.
I don't know anything about a military environment because
(thankfully) there hasn't been a crisis severe enough to either
draft me or cause me to volunteer. That said, I imagine that the
beg, borrow or steal to resource your project model stands in the
military as well as in the private sector.
Translating military strategy into business strategy has a strong
popular ring (every now and again Sun-Tzu comes back into vogue)
but I don't see it. And General Franks is not the one I'd be
calling on to build that particular bridge.
***
Lois - I'd accept the MBA president snark if Bush really did
anything to earn the degree except be well connected.
I earned my MBA, and I think of myself as a pretty ethical guy. My
MBA peer set (as defined by my co-workers and classmates) contains
proportions of arrogant a-holes and fine, ethical and upstanding
people in approximately the same proportion as the general
population. We're not all bit characters from Wall Street,
although I wouldn't mind having the big mop of well-coiffed hair
that I could slick back.
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