jackthehack said:
Having been in the computer/components/hardware/software/network/telecommunications biz since the early 80's, there's NOTHING in the world that can frick a bidness or anything else up quicker/worse than a Harvard B-school/MBA. Dubya would be a prime example,,,
That's what gets me, Jack. Those degrees are supposed to be an indicator of someone's intelligence and ability to get a grip on the subjects chosen, ie: management of people, economics and law as applied to a business. They should have failed at the theory if their mental aptitude was not good enough for the degree, and those degrees are flouted about to us 'workers', as some sort of secret society membership that unless you had a Daddy in the Oil business or in politics....oh wait :doh: But you get my point though, Jack.
The idiots who were put there by their rich family to get some sort of educatin' in the family biz, should have flunked it if they had no grasp on the subjects in total and part of those studies include a fair portion of people management and human resources research.
The data is there for all to see that certain principles and practices in the workplace do not work. Proven time and again, but dictators like CEOs and their ultra conservative Boards just continue to ignore that stack of info UNTIL it starts affecting their bottom line.
Sorry for the rant, Jack, but I did some Human Resource Management study years ago, and was floored by the info available about how to make a workplace a lot better for employees (and it's not necessarily all about paying them more money either), and the productivity benefits that gives to a business in the long term. Obviously those that ignore this at the Board level, do so because they cannot see tangible results in their bottom line in the short term and so leave it to the next Board to deal with. Very short sighted, IMHO and bad for the business, in the long term.
Those that run a marque brand business like Gibson, should really be making considerable efforts to shore up it's long term viability more, by ensuring their employees stay longer and become pro-Gibson outside of work too. But instead the Board focuses on the next years' results only and looks at the current economic crisis but not about how things are going to look in 5 years time (and making preparations for that time), when things might have completely turned around and folks ready to lay some serioous $$ down for a Gibson guitar of their dreams.
Will Gibson be even around by then? Less likely if Henry J. keeps running the place like it's a 'get the profit up, results today forget about tomorrow' business. And it doesn't cost anything to be nice to your workers either, at the most simplest level. Going around and smashing guitars that folks might have been working on for a while is one hell of a 'f**k you I'm in charge here' attitude to display to someone on your first day in charge.
