On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 13:50 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote:
Clive Menzies wrote:
I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited
experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other
bureaucratic organisations (public and commercial), it is the 'system'
rather than the individuals which is flawed.
Well, yes, but it is also the organisation that supplies both the
anonymity to indulge, and the sociological acceptance factor that comes
from the definition of 'success' provided by that organisation environment.
The individual and the environment are reflections of each other.
Deny the individual the right to be responsible for his environment, and
you deprive him of any means to improve upon it.
I couldn't agree more. But in such flawed organisations, to attain
power to change the way things operate, requires compromising one's
principles to at least a limited degree. Once the individual becomes a
beneficiary of the system, the motivation to address the inherent flaws
becomes diminished.
Stated another way: for the statesman to become President, he must
first become a politician.