> But this is one of my pet peeves, here.
> Doesn't really matter what is being taught.  The problem, here, at
least,
> and probably other places, is that management isn't doing basic
literature
> searches, whether or not they know/were taught how.  

Mine too. I suppose it's not limited to CS -- I used to get the same
problem when I taught business students as well. Annoying as all get
out. A few students got a real surprise when they asked me why I failed
their design essays as plagiarism.  

> Here, we seem to be
> suffering from Drive-by Management (from Scott Adams' Dilbert), or
> Management by Airline Magazine/Consultant Report/...  As the articles
and
> reports change, so does the 'strategic direction'.

One leads to the other, I'm afraid. They don't know what's been done
before, and thus have no effective BS detector. 

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