> The Golem was eventually destroyed because of his over reaching- the
>company >that treats its employees as the golem will self destruct over
>time. The Mench >company survives
Well, perhaps...but how long does a company (or government, or society, or
club, or other organizations) have to last? Is self-destruction bad?
Wrong? Undesirable? Imagine if no organization ever disbanded or
businesses never went out of business. No matter how good their
intentions or how well an organization treats its employees, I have a hard
time imagining a business that should last for all time.
I like the analogy of mench and golem businesses, it is an interesting way
to characterize organizations. However, even the menchmost of businesses
(if it wasn't a word already it should have been) still have market
competition, accidents, technology advances, acts of god, smart
competitors, and supplier failures to deal with.
-- Lon Badgett lonbadgett@aol.com "There are three types of businesses, those who can live with inconsistency, and those who cannot" Emil GobersnekeLearning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>