November 24, 2005

• 11. The world would be better if there were no huge corporations, just small businesses.

  ---

  Disagree strongly. Small
  businesses are great. I love small businesses! I am a small business!
  As a small business, though, I could never research and develop a
  computer, a cancer drug, or ship a package from Los Angeles to New York
  in less than two days for less than $1000. We are talking about
  "critical mass" here. In my classes we study economies of scale and
  providing individual attention to employees. We study having a small
  business feel in a company of any size. This is essential.

  You have a GM plant with 14 layers of management and a chain of managers as long as 36 people. GM is failing.
  The new research is about having flatter structures with closely knit
  workgroups. On a global level, we read about glocalization where global
  companies work on local levels. In Chi Alpha, we have small groups. We
  use them because they work!

  Without "huge corporations" we would be steeply limited. But if
  companies want to be big and stay efficient and last, they have to be
  ethical and tuned into the individual.

  ---

  The Twenty-Third Annual
  Bullmeister Thanksgiving Extravaganza
  

  Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for God's faithfulness, for my family's love, for my girlfriend's like, for my friend's company, and for my freedom.

  • 1:20 pm
  • 2 Comments