> We are not looking for a free ride here. If we were running production > applications, we would have a support contract. I am still at the > proof of concept stage trying to convince people here there is some merit > in even evaluating Linux on S/390. There is a lot of resistance to > introducing a new environment.
I recently enrolled in a TAFE course which includes a unit "Promote Innovation and Change in the Work Place." Its text is "SUPERVSION, The Theory and Practice of First-line Management," and its author is Kris Cole, publisher Prentice Hall. For a text-book it's astonishingly easy to read. Of course, there's a good deal more than promoting innovation and change in it. While not bearing directly on your problem of promoting innovation and change in areas you don't control, I do think it will help your understanding of the issues involved. I recommend it to those who've worked their way into manangement (or who want to) through their technical prowess rather than manangement skills, and to those who want to brush up on the latest thinking and practice. or to consolidate their experience. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
