tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post8407456389808123038..comments2023-10-21T05:29:38.360-06:00Comments on Where the Columbines Grow: The sociology of abdicationKevin J. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907423156155669252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-85403238712022834932008-06-06T08:54:00.000-06:002008-06-06T08:54:00.000-06:00Is [David Franz] a manager who misses the power of...<EM>Is [David Franz] a manager who misses the power of the old days?</EM><BR/><BR/>Sure, Anonymous. Or maybe he's a peon who misses the individual responsibility of the old days, wherein his incompetent fool of a manager might have been sacked or demoted, instead of being allowed, because he inspires (or more likely parrots) such egalitarian feelings among his colleagues, to hide behind "processAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-4493771512851932862008-06-05T16:51:00.000-06:002008-06-05T16:51:00.000-06:00So what's the complaint, really? Is it about the a...So what's the complaint, really? Is it about the attempt to diminish hierarchy, or is it about the illusory nature of particular attempts to diminish hierarchy? The argument seems to support the latter, but the rhetoric here seems to support the former.<BR/><BR/>Can anybody really believe that "the ideals of office equality, fluidity, and collaboration <I>in all their forms</I>...required a kind Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512951.post-68937369954810547652008-06-04T10:14:00.000-06:002008-06-04T10:14:00.000-06:00And because diffused power, since individual actor...And because diffused power, since individual actors possess an illusory slice of it, is seen as a good somehow in contrast to "absolute" power, it is I think all the more dangerous: While failing to protect in any meaningful way against the corruption of power (as any non-conformist minority in staff meeting of "corporate values"-yes-men types will surely attest), simultaneously and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com