>From the NYTimes article Brad refers to: "That's the curious thing about corporate jargon - everyone deplores it, but nobody can resist it."
It serves many purposes. I was watching a TV briefing given by several officials who are engaged in fighting the fires out in British Columbia. Each of them had about five minutes. None of them seemed to really know what was going on because the situation was still very unstable and uncertain. But they couldn't say that, so they held forth with words like "ascertain", "cognizant" and "premature". They also used a lot of acronyms. And of course they hoped that everything would be "under control within a reasonable period of time" even though they acknowledged that it wasn't "at this point in time". Ed Weick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: [Futurework] Deconstructing Dilbert > From the NYT: > > In fact Dilbert's creator, Scott Adams, has made a > lucrative sideline out of helping management to get > its message across. In his consulting capacity, > Dilbert has enabled Honda of America to "develop > the key message [that] quality is a core value" > and helped Xerox to invest employees with the > "sense of ownership" that comes from an > "empowering work environment." > > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/weekinreview/03NUNB.html?8hpist > > (If I remember correctly, Xerox is a downsizing "champ" -- > even if for very compelling reasons....) > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
