"Balancing the books" ............. just not the right thing to do! Witness
Ireland, Greece and Portugal, and soon to collapse Spain and Italy. Totally
unfashionable indeed.
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT A note for facebook users
> Absolutely. I worked at a fine High school for 15 years, where Principal 1
> was a visionary, Principal 2 was an amiable but ineffective gentle man and
> Principal 3 was a bean counter who gave the Bursar inordinate power. His
> vision was to balance the books. The place imploded within a very short
> period. Staff evacuated like mad lemmings. It has recovered after a
> fashion it will never again be what it once was.
> That third principal went on to run the state Principal's Association as
> he had the union onside - ain't no justice.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 24/12/2011, at 9:07 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> One of my cousins, who is an actual corporate whiz, argues with me about
>> this all the time. She believes that there's nothing wrong with bean
>> counters running things as long as they understand the founding vision of
>> the company. I counter argue that it is against the very nature of a bean
>> counter to understand founding visions or any other vision save making
>> money for owners/stockholders. Simplistic? Yes. True? I think so. As
>> always, with exceptions.
>
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