On May 23, 12:32 pm, ta <padl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Have you noticed that committees -- whether at work, in your
> neighborhood homeowner's association, or the local non-profit -- tend
> to attract the same personality type? They're almost always full of
> people intent on trying to control other people -- the classic
> kibitzer, the busy body, the control freak.
>
> And then there is the ultimate committee . . . the U.S. gummint (where
> the pay is much better).
Most of the committee formation I've observed has been
at work, in the sense of cor****ate employment, which is
already an authoritarian environment. The committees
are usually made up of people who don't want to be on
them -- it's extra work and responsibility for no extra pay
or respect. Often, the job being detailed to the committee
could be performed by one person. The formation of
committees, like the calling of meetings, seems to come
out of the mental habits and conceptual worlds of
cor****ate collective management. It's the way things
are done -- no one is sure exactly why.
One could say a lot more about this. I find the analysis
of office politics fascinating, but most people don't seem
to. Perhaps you wanted to follow a different track.
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