Ceaucescu and Romanian transition

[Charles Brown <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is no contradiction. Carrol means they are competent at power
politics, getting underlings to do the tough work (exploitation) i.e.
political economy.

Charles

From: Sabri Oncu <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re:

> > Carrol Cox wrote:

> >

> > Most of them (unfortunately for us) are pretty

> > damn competent, though it's because of their

> > connections that they get to exercise that

> > competence.

>

> If this is the case, I have not seen it in thirty

> years in ANY place I have worked.

I will have to agree with Joanna.

Those in the upper management are there not because

they are more competent than others but generally

because they are better than others in playing power

politics and, putting connections aside, most of the

time the ones who rise to the top are the ones with

the brownest noses. Businesses, at least, big

businesses, are more like military establishments:

there are privates and officers, and while privates do

most of the fighting, they also helplessly watch the

officers fight among themselves to move up in the

hierarchy.

Best,

Sabri