On 5/3/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim, my favorite novel of all time is The Good Soldier Schweik, which is based on the very contradiction you discussed. A hilarious read in which the soldier screws up by taking all his orders literally. Then when he is called an idiot, he says that he expects to make a million dollars from that fact.
This is another lesson besides the one I was drawing out. It says that the command and control management strategy can never be enough. A manager must have some power over the worker -- or must figure out some way to motivate the worker. -- Jim Devine / "Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists." -- John Kenneth Galbraith.
