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To: jbe who wrote (53447)	8/29/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 108807

>>And where's the fun in agreeing on everything? :-) I agree!

To: jbe who wrote (53447)	8/29/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 108807

Joan, res- Speaking as someone who has taught on the university level, Michael, I would say that the problem is not so much with bureaucracy, as with the members of the departments themselves. Deming would say that "Profound Knowledge" must come from outside the organization. :-) The bureaucracy and the people are all part of the system of delivery of knowledge. Structures of the system need not be the focus of the problem if the system is acclimated toward "urgency to change" and all members understand their role in the system. Workers should work in the system, while managers and supervisors should work on the system. Management and supervisors of American higher education have not learned this valuable lesson fully yet. And that's one of the main reasons the price of education has sckyrocketed, while in far too many cases the quality has deteriorated. I also see no problem in Yale or Harvard succeeding leadership in the cyberworld to new organizations of delivery of knowledge. However, if one day people's desire to visit the classroom and pay exorbitant costs declines, it just may be too late for the Yale's and Harvards of the world. An "inflection point" change is about to hit Universities in the next two decades. Some will survive in their present form, while others will suffer or perish for lack of change agents and their cultural ability to act. The carpenter's task is to deliver quality knowledge at a price which brings value to the customers. I would submit the internet is a part of that equation now, and it's likely to continue to be in the foreseeable future. Michael