23rd June 2006, 10:20 AM
1man,
It must be woderful to exist in a working environment where you are not forced to compromise in one aspect of your job to better achieve a second more important goal. I don't really believe that you can fail to grasp this concept though.
The interesting thing about this scenario is how it reveals the close link between power and responsibility. The times when I have had to deal with substandard machining have re-inforced the point that my own power is limited. I can try by whatever means to coerce/cajole better quality out of the driver, but getting them replaced has not been possible. (If I had an omnipotent consultant like yourself to back me up then I could have done it without problems
) In each case when I tried there was a failure to take responsibility by my managers that made it clear that I was trying to take too much responsibility. (I can't recall whether consultants were involved in these jobs, and the curators were as usual unavailable) Without power to change things there is no responsibility. I do take responsibility for my decisions, but in retrospect I was a fool to take responsibility for something I had no power to change.
I'm not really sure why this scenario, which is commonplace in field archaeology is of more interest to you than the frankly shocking scenario that Troll started this post with.
It must be woderful to exist in a working environment where you are not forced to compromise in one aspect of your job to better achieve a second more important goal. I don't really believe that you can fail to grasp this concept though.
The interesting thing about this scenario is how it reveals the close link between power and responsibility. The times when I have had to deal with substandard machining have re-inforced the point that my own power is limited. I can try by whatever means to coerce/cajole better quality out of the driver, but getting them replaced has not been possible. (If I had an omnipotent consultant like yourself to back me up then I could have done it without problems
) In each case when I tried there was a failure to take responsibility by my managers that made it clear that I was trying to take too much responsibility. (I can't recall whether consultants were involved in these jobs, and the curators were as usual unavailable) Without power to change things there is no responsibility. I do take responsibility for my decisions, but in retrospect I was a fool to take responsibility for something I had no power to change. I'm not really sure why this scenario, which is commonplace in field archaeology is of more interest to you than the frankly shocking scenario that Troll started this post with.