American Thinker
Mike VanOuse
Jan. 21, 2017
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The amazing thing about this structure is that in order to be a production monkey, you have to acquire basic knowledge of gears. That's true even of support people. It's obviously true of engineers. But you can be the CEO with complete ignorance of the complexity and physics of our product line.
This is my 27th year at the plant. I can remember the names of 12 CEOs during my tenure, but there have been 13. I think the longest one lasted six years, but the average works out to 2.08 years. Each one shows up with his own game plan of how he's going to turn the business around. They bring their cronies with them to establish the new leadership team.
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http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/the_caste_system_in_the_modern_company.htmlSome good points made about detached, disconnected management. Tradition, however, often devolves to some must-do things that benefit just some.
