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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 13 Apr 97 09:19:59 -0700</LI>
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In <199704131946.TAA160552#out1,ibm.net>, on 04/13/97
at 12:48 PM, Jeff Kesselman <jeffk#tenetwork,com> said:
>At 09:00 AM 4/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> Have one guy be the boss.
>Ild say "lead", im a bit more flexible. There has to be one guy who
>directs the effort but I dont thin khe HAS to be dictator necc.
While I've seen this work with physically proximate teams, add
distance and indirect communication into the loop and it spells
disaster.
>> Have the boss'es final word be the final law without argument.
>The lead shoudl be able to state how a decision will be reached,
>though taht might be by vote or copncsensus or fiat.
Aside: I have a allergic reaction to votes. I see them producing the
greatest common stupidity, not something of actual value.
>> *NEVER* attempt to work via democracy or concensus.
>I disagree here. Ahving worked in grousop where EVERYONE was an
>expereicned lead, consensus CAN work. It takes tiem however, and it
>only works well face to face. (The Americna indians did EVERYITHING
>by consensus.)
While I'll admit that it is possible for it to work, I've not seen it.
(Note: HP's (where my current contract is) defined management style is
concensus. I don't see it working here either. The successful
managers are those who make decisions, not elicit them)
>I agree a vote is bad befause there are "losesers" in almos tany vote
>which is bad for morale and encourages project splits. For this
>reason ,with intelligent dynamic develoerps however, fiat can ALSO
>fail.
This is why I also encluded the points of having the basic purposes
defined and agreed upon before hand, and referencing those basic
puposes in every contended decision. If a decision does not align
flawlessly with the basic purposes, quite obviously the decision is
suspect.
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<LI><STRONG>Re: Of disk swapping, database structure & project management..</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00107" HREF="msg00107.html">Re: Of disk swapping, database structure & project management..</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 13 Apr 1997, 00:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00117" HREF="msg00117.html">Re: Of disk swapping, database structure & project management..</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sun 13 Apr 1997, 23:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00121" HREF="msg00121.html">Re: Of disk swapping, database structure & project management..</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 02:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00129" HREF="msg00129.html">Re: Of disk swapping, database structure & project management..</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 23:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00132" HREF="msg00132.html">Re: Of disk swapping, database structure & project management..</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 23:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00083" HREF="msg00083.html">short absence</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 12 Apr 1997, 02:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00116" HREF="msg00116.html">Re: short absence</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00082" HREF="msg00082.html">Hello!</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,thenet.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,thenet.co.uk</a>, Fri 11 Apr 1997, 22:14 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00075" HREF="msg00075.html">Execution</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 10 Apr 1997, 21:46 GMT
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