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Mike 
You hit the nail on the head. iSeries/SAP not withstanding -  Corporate 
wisdom, if used in all areas  of the company like it is in IT, would surely be 
the 
death knell of business as  we know it.  I was the IT manager of  a fairly 
large company back in the 70s and found that nothing could be  accomplished 
without months of meetings that generated memos, then memos that  generated 
meetings, nothing productive was actually accomplished.  I had systems and 
programming people  with nothing to do.  I suggested  laying them off but was 
told that 
we had good people and would soon have proper  direction.  We never did. 
I got disgusted, resigned, and went off on my own as a consultant (have  been 
since 1977).  The majority of  my accounts are smaller companies where the 
owner looks at things as though  there are spending their own money, mostly a 
good thought, as they want  accomplishment, not BS. 
I have several clients, owned by larger conglomerates,  that are hog-tied by 
corporate nonsense.  We had a situation about a month ago where corporate IT 
got wind of a  change I made (as requested, and a great improvement) that 
generated a two page  memo asking âhow this could happenâ?â to seven 
people with 
copies to at least  another three on each.  Give them  something to do!   
The original company where I resigned is now bankrupt.  My only advice is to 
keep the faith and  do the best you can with what you have.  Perhaps the board 
of directors should out-source top management to India  instead of IT. 
Warren

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