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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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Explanation for Managers

I didn't find this in time for the math thread, but it really helps to explain some of the managers we all come across eventually - "Peter Principle" kind of thing.

Power = Work/Time

time=money, so it's now:
Power = Work/Money

knowledge= power, so it's now:
Knowledge = Work/Money

re-arrange the terms, and:
Money = Work/Knowledge

taken to the limits:
As Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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I like that, will use it in the future
 
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 10:35 AM
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I think it applys
 
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pchristman
I didn't find this in time for the math thread, but it really helps to explain some of the managers we all come across eventually - "Peter Principle" kind of thing.

Power = Work/Time

time=money, so it's now:
Power = Work/Money

knowledge= power, so it's now:
Knowledge = Work/Money

re-arrange the terms, and:
Money = Work/Knowledge

taken to the limits:
As Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity.
that is classic!

perfect if you own a business... get a lot of money because you don't have to pay the "next to zero knowledge" manager very much for his work.

Scott
 
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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Management is natures way of removing idiots from the productive flow.
(From a Dilbert cartoon.)
 
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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That's similar to the "girls are the root of all evil" formula.
 
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