Mastodawn

@fesshole In hope that the newly found job doesn't have equally creepy 'management' practices, which is a rare occurrence since the Nazis pioneered modern management theory.

#nazism #management #history #modernmanagement #managementtheory

Eric Maugendre Oct 7, 2024

Let's mean "Losers in the economic sense: those who have […] traded freedom for a paycheck in short. […] Losers have two ways out, which we’ll get to later: turning Sociopath or turning into bare-minimum performers. The Losers destined for cluelessness do not have a choice."

Venkatesh Rao: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/

#workCollectives #workPlace #office #managementTheory #sociality #organisations #management #organizations #firms #workCulture #power #negotiating #VenkateshRao #Rao #quotes #Losers

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

mtp Sep 12, 2024

necro-reorging: the act of resurrecting a dead organizational unit's name for a new organizational unit.

Bonus points if the resurrected OU is compositionally and functionally indiscernible from the deceased one.

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Staking my historical claim on this neologism. I've seen this several times in my career, and it happened with an extremely unique OU name a second time today.

#CorpSpeak
#ManagementTheory

Itamar Medeiros Dec 11, 2022

Fads, styles, and modes #management have come and gone – along with the dominance of technology not even conceivable in #statistician #WEDeming’s day – yet it remains a good idea not to lose sight of what #Deming taught us. #ManagementTheory #Leadership https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2022/12/10/modern-application-of-some-old-thoughts/

Modern Application Of Some Old Thoughts

Fads, styles, and modes management have come and gone – along with the dominance of technology not even conceivable in Deming’s day – yet it remains a good idea not to lose sight of what Deming taught us.

Forbes