On 14 Dec 99, at 21:20, Brian Gordon wrote:
> You wrote:
> >But since our system IS based on profit motive, and that profit motive
> >drives almost everything, railing against it seems a bit pointless
> >without offering alternatives.
>
> Did I not offer an alternative (the way Southwest goes about its business)
> in the example I gave?
Since I don't have time to keep up with what every company is doing, that
isn't very helpful to me. How DOES Southwest go about its business, and
how does that relate to all the other companies that go about it a
different way?
> The weather is not currently under human control; however, decisions about
> how to run our organizations are.
Yes and no. The system in which organizatons is embedded is not under the
control of any particular human being or group of people. Since system
thinking is So important, we need to take into account the WORLD or system
in which companies exist.
> Just because most companies currently
> operate under the assumption that profit is the primary goal does not mean
> that they always will, or that they cannot be persuaded otherwise (perhaps
> by examples like Southwest Airlines).
Ok, agreed. So given you have taken a position on the merits of profit
motive and other motives, how would YOU go about convincing the powers
that be to buy in to your suggesions? (oops..not buy-in...umm..well you
get the idea).
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