----- Original Message ----- From: "Sabri Oncu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: [PEN-L:24950] Re: Binary scheme of democracy and centralism
> Miyachi wrote: > > > From the viewpoint of Stalinism, the content of > > centralization of power is not considered as a pair > > of centralization of leadership and decentralization > > of responsibility, but only centralization of leadership > > has been put forward. > > Dear Miyachi, > > I have served at a few of the most Stalinist institutions in the > world: US financial corporations. They talked about > centralization of leadership and decentralization of > responsibility incessantly. This is the way the US financial > corporations are organized and I doubt that non-financial > corporations are significantly different. Responsibility without > authority is one of the most painful experiences I have ever had, > where, in this context, with authority I mean ability to make > decisions. > > What is the point of decentralized responsibility if those who > are responsible have no ability to make decisions? > > Best, > Sabri ================= To protect the leadership. It's called the musical chairs theory of unaccountability. Ian
