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"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"john smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
"mike regish" wrote:

Greedy, egomaniacal white collar assholes are the ones who have done the
most damage to productivity. How many times do you figure you can kick a
dog
before he turns around and bites you.

I have to admit, you have a point.
My wife works for a large corporation, and the stories she tells me
about goal setting by the executives is that they will not commit to any
objective/goal unless they are absolutely certain it will be obtained.
This so as not to jepardize their bonuses.

Bonuses typically have nothing to do with meeting project goals, or with
achieving a goal versus reaching 98% of it.

In this company it does.
It also makes a difference in the support a manager receives if a
project is not one of their VP's individual goals.