Vehemently disagree

Post #228,004 by tuberculosis 10/4/05 3:24:30 PM Reply	Vehemently disagree You cannot "manage" what you do not understand, MBA programs to the contrary (which is why I like working here). IOW, if you are going to lead a disaster relief agency, I think you ought to know first aid, cpr, logistics, and some basic civil engineering. Otherwise, one must ask, what exactly is this "manager" for? As the director of a relief agency, you ought to know what ice is for and why it is critical that it arrive. Ditto food, medicine, fuel. Plus, they had a practice just for this one year earlier, learned a number of things, and DID NOTHING to fix them. You blame the local authorities (with good reason), but by this time they had made themselves subservient to FEMA - who was supposed to be the central coordinator. Plus, that's outside my area of concern. Lots of people screwed up. So? Doesn't mean FEMA didn't. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #228,048 by bepatient 10/4/05 7:29:24 PM Reply	Your prerogative And I bet major details would be understood..and when questioned on the "trivial" then might not have that level of understanding. Your point here is that I would need to know all programming syntax in every language in order to manage a programmer. I don't agree with that. And yes...FEMA screwed up. But focussing on FEMA and the FED like most everyone has is forcing their hand to "fix" it...and their method of "fixing it" (especially under this administration) is likely not to be to anyones liking. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #228,079 by tuberculosis 10/4/05 11:49:22 PM Reply	Too far >Your point here is that I would need to know all programming syntax in every language in order to manage a programmer. I don't agree with that. You're putting words into my mouth. I said he needed to know where and why they need ice, not how to run the ice machine and drive the fucking trucks to deliver it. IOW, he needs the basic theoretical knowledge to understand how to do his job. To continue with your analogy Brown would be mystified by a mouse. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #228,080 by Another Scott 10/4/05 11:53:05 PM Reply	:-) Well said.

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