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> From: Michael A. Stone[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> okay, here's a rant, hot off the press:
>
>
> when Adam Smith wrote _The Wealth of Nations_, he said that one of the
> key features in a healthy economy is specialization of work.
>
<SNIP>
> one of the things i've discovered in the last six months is that this
> theory is wrong. i'm not going to challenge the idea of
> specialization, because that does work.
>
LOL ... Michael -- your missive couldn't be more timely RE the situation
at this giant aerospace company.
For those who haven't read it (and reminder to re-read for those who
have) pick up a copy of _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_ ....
and no, it really doesn't have anything to do with MCs per se ... but a
lot about QUALITY ... what makes it, what doesn't.
And the way "modern" corp. have tried to engineeer production (put A
into B and create C) assumes that all you have to do is know the steps.
No heart. No aesthetics. No vision.
WRONG.
<snip>
See .... you've said it here:
> the reality of the corporate workplace is that quality levels are
> decided by managers who refuse to have anything to do with the details
> of production (they specialize in "the big picture"). a higher level
> of competence among the production staff just means they can afford to
> make more mediocre products. that in turn means it's time to "grow
> in
> the marketplace", which means hiring more incompetents to drag the
> system back down to a point where it's in balance.
>
>
> the lesson for freelancers in all this is that an operation with ten
> competent people can realistically kick the pants off a company ten
> times its size.
>
But it's the contractors who are first laid off ... regardless of their
contribution to the company's bottom line.
Kathy
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