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Talullahhound
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business vs. government.
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5/8/2010 8:23:30 PM
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I'd say it's a pretty broad statement to say that you could drop a small business owner into "any" government job. Some jobs, yeah, they could probably do fine. Other jobs, highly technical jobs, I don't think so. When I was working, I don't think I'd high a small business owner with no education over one of the PhD level engineers that worked on some technical issues worth millions to a large US company.
That's the problem, you can't make sweeping statements about anything. Yes, if someone had run a successful business and they had initiative and problem solving ability then they would likely be successful. But take a failed business owner with no common sense, no education and perhaps just good intentions, it is doubtful to me that they would succeed.
Hodja, I would agree with you to some extent. Yes there is a certain amount of stifling of initiative depending on where you sit in the structure. I can remember feeling like that when I worked at a command for the Army. It really hard to make significant changes, because those above you tend to be very conservative and feel more secure in doing things the way they always did them. But, I doubt you'd find too many people that work on a Service Staff that feel that way. Yes, you do have to follow certain protocols, but generally you can put forth new ideas, if you can sell them well enough to others you can get things done.
When I was in OSD, I didn't find that to be the case at all. In fact, it's quite free thinking, but you are responsible for your ideas and their implementations. I was involved working through a number of problems with technology release and foreign companies on JSF -- the biggest problem we had was the State Department -- talk about a group who doesn't believe in change!
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 More of What They Didn't Read - MrHodja - 5/6/2010 6:53:37 PM |
 #2 is a tax on white folks - Lifer - 5/6/2010 7:49:36 PM |
| More of What They Didn't Read - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 8:37:46 PM |
| More of What They Didn't Read - GoneFishin - 5/6/2010 9:02:57 PM |
| Hound, you don't know squat about business - MartiniMan - 5/6/2010 9:12:17 PM |
| er, I'm an MBA - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 10:48:37 PM |
| er, I'm an MBA, without a clue. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 7:46:53 AM |
| Lifer - water_watcher - 5/7/2010 1:34:12 PM |
| your absolutely right of course. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 4:46:12 PM |
| er, I'm an MBA - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 8:25:42 AM |
| Actually only took them 4 years - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 8:27:58 AM |
| er, I'm an MBA - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 8:29:05 AM |
| Maybe - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:44:49 AM |
| I bet Bill Gates wishes he had and MBA - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 12:29:57 PM |
| er, I'm an MBA - Barneget - 5/7/2010 11:15:01 PM |
| More of What They Didn't Read - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 10:32:31 PM |
| If - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 10:55:52 PM |
| If - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 11:13:51 PM |
| If - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:47:08 AM |
| If - comrade - 5/6/2010 11:16:33 PM |
| More of What They Didn't Read - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 10:16:48 PM |
| The other side of the coin. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 9:29:07 AM |
| All I can say is..... - lamont - 5/7/2010 12:14:09 PM |
| HEY MM - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 5:51:16 PM |
| A Little More Than That - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 9:37:20 PM |
| A Little More Than That - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 10:48:05 PM |
| A Little More Than That - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 11:37:07 PM |
| Ah Yes - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 10:05:33 AM |
| Overseen, reviewed, studied..... - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 12:10:10 PM |
| Wrong. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:35:23 PM |
| No, you wrong. - MartiniMan - 5/9/2010 8:42:28 AM |
| MM is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT - Barneget - 5/9/2010 4:53:56 PM |
| I'm not Embarassed - Talullahhound - 5/9/2010 5:41:30 PM |
| I'm not Embarassed - Barneget - 5/9/2010 9:47:39 PM |
| No, you wrong. - Talullahhound - 5/9/2010 5:36:41 PM |
| Its not important - MartiniMan - 5/9/2010 5:51:13 PM |
| One sentence says it all - Lifer - 5/10/2010 10:45:19 AM |
| One sentence says it all - MrHodja - 5/10/2010 11:15:20 AM |
| HEY GF - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 10:48:36 PM |
| HEY GF - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 11:01:37 PM |
| HEY GF - comrade - 5/7/2010 11:17:25 PM |
| CHALLENGE - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 11:40:13 PM |
| HEY COMMIE - GoneFishin - 5/8/2010 12:41:41 AM |
| HEY COMMIE - comrade - 5/8/2010 12:58:54 AM |
| HEY COMMIE THIS LESS VEILED - GoneFishin - 5/8/2010 1:21:02 AM |
| HEY COMMIE THIS LESS VEILED - comrade - 5/8/2010 1:28:40 AM |
| HEY COMMIE - comrade - 5/8/2010 1:16:23 AM |
| MM - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:57:37 AM |
| I prefer a puffer fish - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 11:53:05 AM |
| Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:54:23 AM |
| Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - Lifer - 5/8/2010 12:38:14 PM |
| Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 6:49:17 PM |
business vs. government. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:23:30 PM |
| Clarification - Lifer - 5/9/2010 8:05:20 AM |
| You Know. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:52:29 AM |
| You Know. - comrade - 5/8/2010 10:17:21 AM |
| No - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 10:26:47 AM |
| No - comrade - 5/8/2010 7:26:30 PM |
| No - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:09:07 PM |
| Yes - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:25:47 PM |
| Yes - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:48:03 PM |
| You Know. - comrade - 5/8/2010 10:17:22 AM |
| You Know. - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 12:06:37 PM |
| I Don't - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:33:37 PM |
| I Don't - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:49:52 PM |
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