Re: <nettime> The magnificent bribe

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

Not related to the topic, but worth mentioning: the cited text emits 
optimism and faith in progress:

(p.11)
"Future 1990's and beyond (Knowledge Age ?)" : "Social Functioning In 
Global Environment and Employee Empowerment"

It's amazing how much changed in what - 25 years? This could never be 
written today.

This is the problem. We don't expect anything good. Some long for the 
past, some for the Rapture.


On 12/19/17, 04:13, Vincent Van Uffelen wrote:
> There are plenty of sources about this change in management culture but
> this dissertation written in 1991 in the US war college on management is
> a very fruitful source:
> http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a235762.pdf Some juice quotes
> can be found on page 34 (PDF 42):
>
> "No one can accurately predict what tomorrow will bring. We do know that
> volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity will define our
> future work environment."
>
> "Edgar H. Schein tells us that it is possible that 'the only thing of
> real importance that leaders do is to create and manage culture'"
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