Gail wrote:
For example, in raising a barn, the persons involved may be of
equal status, e.g., local farmers, but they will be pursuing
different functions at each stage of the task. Even though the
team may be composed of the same members, it will probably have a
different leader
Mike Spencer's illustrative example highlights the relevance of my
initial 3-sentence summary from the Producer/Predator perspective.
That is, how predators ruin the work and cooperation of producers.
Whether one is asking for a distinction between function and status,
or for overcoming this
Gail: Perhaps someone has or would look for the statistics. I am told that
roughly a quarter of the persons in the US who participate in the market
economy do not do so as employees but already are working on contract, and
that among them are growing numbers of senior corporate executives.
Me:
