It never ceases to amaze me the continued focus on theory instead practical application. Why in the world do we have regulating and certification bodies that are built on the theory of a body of knowledge? Certainly, I’m not suggesting that a body of knowledge isn’t important, rather, there is little focus on the practical application in real world situations.
This is especially true of Sigma and project management. Everything revolves around the premise that you have support and everyone is one the same team. For the vast majority of situations however, this is wishful thinking and not reality
Chief executive officers at 367 top U.S. corporations were paid, on
average, $431 last year for every $1 paid to their companies’ average
production worker, according to publicly available information jointly
compiled in September by Institute for Policy Studies and United for a
Fair Economy. In 1990, the ratio was about $100-to-$1. (If the federal
minimum wage had increased since 1990 by the same rate as the multiple
for CEOs’ pay, it would have risen from $5.15 an hour to $23.03, but, of
course, it’s still $5.15.) [New York Times, 9-4-05]
I was going around the web looking for interesting tidbits and found this pile of junk. Have a read!
Chief executive officers at 367 top U.S. corporations were paid, on
average, $431 last year for every $1 paid to their companies’ average
production worker, according to publicly available information jointly
compiled in September by Institute for Policy Studies and United for a
Fair Economy. In 1990, the ratio was about $100-to-$1. (If the federal
minimum wage had increased since 1990 by the same rate as the multiple
for CEOs’ pay, it would have risen from $5.15 an hour to $23.03, but, of
course, it’s still $5.15.) [New York Times, 9-4-05]
Now is it any wonder the country is going to heck in a bicycle basket?