>From Steven Krivit: > When I was in business school we studied the matter of a top-down management > which precludes localized thinking. That is, there are some corporations, > and governments that issue orders, directives, instructions to their staff > (drones?) and they do not empower or encourage them to think for themselves. > > There are a other organizations that recognize the fact that their people > are in the trenches - they can see the field of battle - or the customer's > situation - in front of their own eyes and the organization empowers their > staff to use their own judgement. > > Obviously the style of the MPD is the former.
Just so everyone knows, we survived the night. The suspect, however, didn't. http://www.channel3000.com/news/19508811/detail.html It would appear that the suspect decided to take matters into his own hands. In regards to my brief conversation with the police officer, yes, I would agree with Steve Krivit's assessment of managerial styles. The officer was also quite young. I'm sure he was simply following orders as he understood it to the letter. I hope I was able to answer Kyle's concerns. Sounds like Buffalo, NY, has a few issues of it's own as well! ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
