[lbo-talk] Back to slavery?

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 15 12:01:24 PDT 2003


Yah, works for tenured profs, I am sure. (I speak as a decidedly ex nontentured serf.) Actuslly some law firms run this way for partners. Not JD (my firm. we are a tyranny in the Greek sense, interviewing partners described the mgt structure as a benevolent dictatorship.

jks

--- mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Contains this helpful tip, which I'm sure will
> inspire
> Corporate America:
>
> "Although Ober said he doesn't know of any companies
> that function on the level suggested by the Athenian
> model, he points toward Princeton University's
> Faculty
> Advisory Committee on Appointments and Advancements
> as
> an example of the kind of self-governing function
> that
> individuals can have in an organization."
>
> --- andie nachgeborenen
> <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > From the Tigertown e-news
> >
> > Ancient Athens provides model for contemporary
> > workplace
> > Classical history scholars may not seem the most
> > likely candidates to write a book on the modern
> > workplace, yet Princeton Professor Josiah Ober and
> > co-author Brook Manville have done just that --
> > demonstrating that ancient Athens can serve as a
> > model
> > for potentially powerful organizational practices.
> > http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/03/0519/3a.shtml
> >
> >
> >
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