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The Peter Principle of Management
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热度 1 2024-5-8 00:22
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The Peter Principle says people are always promoted to the level at which they are incompetent. The logic here is that employee are rewarded for good performance by being promoted to a higher level. For example, a good slaesman becomes a sales manager. However, different levels of management ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|335 次阅读|1 个评论 热度 1
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on Fame, fortune and Power
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热度 2 2024-5-5 21:57
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Fame, Fortune, and Power It can be argued that once basic survival needs have been met all human beings in modern civilization have the selfish urge to achieve one or more of the goals in the title of this article. Among the three I’d also argue that FORTUNE ranks first among equals. Wealth is ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|726 次阅读|3 个评论 热度 2
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Use it or you lose it
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热度 1 2024-5-1 01:25
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I did my last serious research work in 2009 (age 75 at that time). Since then any technical writing I do are of the broadstorke/explanation kind rather than attempting breakthrough to new frontiers. I spend my time writing blogs to explain ST and life in these united States. Occasionaly I go to ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|853 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
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Discourse vs Discord - Some Random Thoughts
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2024-4-29 00:29
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In this connected and globalized world, anger and distrust prevail. Instead of civil discourse we end up with discord .Instead of listening without necessarily agreeing, we fight without finding common ground. Reiterating that famous line in the Rodney King incident - Can we just get along? &nb ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|589 次阅读|没有评论
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Winston Churchill said it long ago . . .
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2024-3-18 07:56
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Two famous Churchill sayings go a long way in my opinion to explain the current political gridlock in the US. If you are a Democrats in the US, you cannot help but bewildered by the solid support of some 40% of the American voters and seemingly 100% domination of the Republican Party by &nbs ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|1007 次阅读|没有评论
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You Tube Video
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热度 1 2024-3-15 04:59
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In retirement, I do watch a lot of TV. Mostly I watch news program, political talk shows, and old movies. The last category brings back memories and nostalgia. However, I seldom watch the You Tube channel unless prompted by other messages or recommendation from friends. However, the other night whi ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|802 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
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Danger of Chat-GPT and Generative AI
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热度 1 2024-3-13 22:14
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In one of my earlier blogs, I wrote about my experience with Chat-GPT in which I ask GPT to produce a biography of myself. When I found many untruths in the bio writeup, I questioned the GPT as to where it found these facts. GPT confessed that it made it up . In educational field, when ...
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个人分类: 生活点滴|977 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
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A life of the mind
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热度 2 2024-3-4 05:16
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This may be self rationalizing or 20/20 hind sight. Looking back of my life endeavor of some 65+ years (since my first published paper in 1955), I am what the world would classified as a scientist or engineer. But with a couple of exceptions I have not done a single experiment or practical ap ...
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个人分类: S and T|1030 次阅读|3 个评论 热度 2
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