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Date Posted: 18:28:29 11/22/99 Mon
Author: Max
Subject: Re: Anarchy does not work, but, Anarchists work well .........
In reply to: AM 's message, "Anarchy does not work, but, Anarchists work well ........." on 17:11:25 11/22/99 Mon

>
>
>
> I’ve learned that ‘someone’, needs to be ‘in charge’,
> of a group project, or it just goes to crap.
>
> Anarchy does not work when more than one person is
> involved in trying to get something done.
>
> I am an Anarchist.
>
> But, I can give orders and I can obey orders. The
> acceptance
> of a ‘Boss’, is a voluntary thing, and a necessary
> thing. Without
> a chain of responsibility, you get *too much* Chaos.
>
>
> “ Deferred Responsibility “, as in Nobody in Charge,
> is a stupid,
> uncomfortable situation, that no good leader would
> ever want to
> happen. But, it happens sometimes, even with fairly
> good leaders.
>
> It happened to me today, on the job. It was a
> situation where I needed
> to take orders from a guy who was not comfortable
> giving them to me.
> But, he was the only one who knew how to do what we
> were doing.
> He *had* to be the ‘boss’, like it or not.
>
> Situations like that have to be solved, because they
> are problems.
>
> “ DR “ is not tolerable to me and just plain does not
> work well.
> If I were faced with it often, I would change jobs.
>
> I don’t work for stupid people.
>
> AM

I think taking the role of "unspoken leader" is imperative. Someone needs to take it (I think that phrase has a double meaning- take the role, and take the sh$^). I think in the long run I just can't believe how little would get done if no one stepped up and led. thanks for all the advice. I think I have learned from everyone that you just have to avoid it or deal. That is true for most things in life. I have another question for you all sometime. I think I will save it for later when I have more research done in it myself. Thanks, Max

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