Thursday, August 29, 2002

Osama Bin Laden - The Very Model of A Modern Major Manager.


"`The management needs to have both the flexibility and the ability and the will to reward change agents, both psychically and financially, and to disincentivize those who I call turf leaders and obstructionists or those
who fight for the status quo instead of for a new vision and a new place that can be accomplished."

[...]

"``Osama bin Laden used modern management techniques,'' David said, quoting from a magazine article. ``We face an adversary who is exploiting different organizational techniques and networks, so we must also
exploit those techniques.''