tao/tristan - you are just an empty vessel full of nothing but air. Who cares what you think. When it matters you have nothing to offer, no insight, no experience, no substance, just a breaking of wind, as your post, like your article, illustrates.

Col,

”If you knew anything about corporations you would realise the “operational management” is a separate role to “project management”. I work in one role as a consultant, exclusively in project management, I know one of the critical elements of project management is to portray a professional manner and communications competence. Poor spelling (as you have demonstrated) is a portent of non-communication, lack of professionalism and no indication of any competence.”

Whoa! Sorry!

Of course I know that Operations Management is different to Project Management. But Operations Management doesn’t involve running things in an adhoc manner. On the contrary, it’s partly about ensuring that the complete opposite happens.

And a typo isn’t an indication of why someone with less experience, less qualifications and no service to the company was immediately placed in management rather than immediate family relations. I never wanted the position; I was never in the running, but I don’t like answering to someone demonstrates that they don’t know what they’re doing.

I see numerous typos on this Forum and you raise one to try to prove me wrong on everything. Not only is that petty but it discredits your arguments.

How is a typo enough to judge the portent of a person’s entire competence, communications skills and professionalism? In fact, it’s usually me who the “big boss” asks to contact partnering companies and clients in situations that I would know more about because he has always been pleased with my communications skills, especially my diplomacy (I realise I’m not diplomatic here, but I’m not at work either).

My ability to communicate instructions in a clear, concise and professional manner is how I landed the job as a Technical Writer.

Why do you find it so impossible to see that this one case may actually be nepotism? You DO realise that it happens from time-to-time don’t you? And yes, I am in the process of looking for another job.

Anyway, your arguments seem to be tailored to attack more than push a point and this is starting to become rather petty. My professionalism isn’t the topic here.

Sheesh!

I don't know why any of you bother with Col rouge, considering he tends to display all the attributes of a corporate psychopath in his posts. Not being able to handle criticism, nitpicking and attempting to belittle people, is a sure sign of one frustrated at not being able to provide constructive debate and desperate for control.

When you consider the average corporate shareholder has little if no influence against the major shareholders in the direction or operational functions of a company, I fail to see how you can support a view that states its a mum and dad corporate world. You only have to look at telstra to see how little say average shareholders have in the company, the same goes for all our privatised assets and major corporations.

The true professional corporate operator, displays compassion, understanding and guidance for those they are responsible for. Not dismissal and degradation.

Hey Carl :)
I really had to smile when I read your rather exasperated post on my 'preaching'. Yes, I can see how it looked a bit like 'Woo.. time to throw in the totally unrelated Bible verse to spiritualize my post'....

But in fact, I'm expressing a heartfelt conviction.

What I did, is point out what I see as the weaknesses in the main political poles we have on offer, and then present (albeit a bit trite I guess) a solution or another 'way'.

I would be a bit remiss if I just 'attacked' that which probably most Aussies are committed to (Labor or Coalition. Left/Right) and then offered zero in its place. People would be entitled to say "Well..THANKyou very much..for destroying something I used to feel pretty good about" ! kind of thing.

In all seriousness, I do believe Jesus, as in, repentance and faith in Him is 'the' way of managing not only our own eternal destiny, but also our social organization. On the social side, I only mean that in the sense of renewed/regenerated individuals rather than a legislative regime.

John the Baptist had a few good words for our politicians...

"Brood of Vipers"

People asked him. 'Ok.. what do we DO' ?

His response...

Tax Collectors.... collect only what is right.
Soldiers..... Don't use your power for personal advantage.
Man with 2 Tunics....share one with him who has none.
Person with food... share with those without.

All very practical social points.

Perhaps today he might say

Stockbrokers (and ur families) NO INSIDER TRADING.
Police... NO RIPPING OFF DRUGS and selling them yourself.
CEO's.... 'he who has 2000 tunics, pairs of shoes, holiday places, boats, fleets of cars SHARE with him who has none.....etc')

But Carl, people asked John about these things because he came with a message from God. If not that, he would just be 'another flea bitten long haired loony on a soap box'. So, there is more to my 'dropping a verse' than just trying to look spiritual :)

Boaz,

I can completley understand that you are interested in 'another way'. This is one of the most secular countries in the world and you probably bleieve it has left us somewhat empty.

But I simply can't see religion or faith in Jesus as being a way of managing our social organistion, even if we keep it out of legislation. In my view (and you may see my view as disorted) widespread religiosity is not good for society, as evidenced in Europe in the 1600's or the Middle East today, or a million other examples.

Its not because I think religion is bad, it is because it seems people are incapable of keeping their personal religous beliefs to themselves and feel compelled to share them with everyone else, sometimes forcefully, often leading to violent conflict

Too right Alchemist. Every word of your post was spot on.

I’m not going to bother anymore. I’ve made my point here and no one’s been able to come up with a half-decent rebuttal so I’m done with this thread.

I thought Col was going to be an enjoyable and challenging debate but closest thing I can get to a response is an insult or a paraphrase on something I’ve said.

All I’m doing now is defending my professionalism from unfounded assumptions and attacks while the main issue is being dodged - true characteristics of a corporate leader (or a politician).

It’s obvious to me now that he has to have the last say so, I’ll let him.

Over to you Col…