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Article #413Re: I don't want to keep looking for new jobs.
From: anthony.r.rizzo
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:06
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:06
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In article <1992Dec30.091508@roper.mc.ti.com> a722756@roper.mc.ti.com (W. Donald Rolph) writes: > >May I pose for consideration the possibility that management would love to have a >generalist workforce so that they can treat engineers as identical replacement >parts? It is difficult, and requires a high level of understanding, to >effectively manage specialists. Of course you may. In fact, I would agree with you. That's exactly the way that many managers treat employees, hence the terms head count, and human capital. HUMAN CAPITAL? Just SEEING those words makes me furious. This is one term that I find most degrading. It makes me feel like a piece of hardware, to be used and discarded when the job is finished. >As an aside, it would appear to me that all the technical advances are made by >personages which are specialists, at least while they are making the advances! >-- Bingo! Tony Rizzo
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Newsgroups: sci.engr Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsc!cbfsb!cbnewsf.cb.att.com!rizzo From: rizzo@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (anthony.r.rizzo) Subject: Re: I don't want to keep looking for new jobs. Message-ID: <1992Dec30.220640.6179@cbfsb.cb.att.com> Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com Organization: AT&T References: <1hd86pINNigi@access.usask.ca> <1992Dec29.020355.14737@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec30.091508@roper.mc.ti.com> Distribution: na Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:06:40 GMT Lines: 23