On 12 Aug 2009 10:00:07 -0700, jmck...@healthmarkets.com (McKown, John) wrote:
>> But it's now and into the future about share holder >> value...to coin a phrase I heard while working for Best Foods >> in Englewoodcliffs, N.J. ... from the President of the >> North American Division O' by the way he was from Germany. > ><giggle> Theoretically that is true. The reality sometimes varies. In most >cases that I've seen in the US, it is about making the CEO's and other "big >wigs" bonuses shine. Most everyone is working to make their own performances shine. The difference here between me and the CEOs is that the CEOs have more power. When I am more interested in making people happy with my performance than with analyzing alternatives that will help the company (but not my career), the loss isn't big. When the CEOs do the same thing, we all pay. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
