On 8/6/20 9:56 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 09:52, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

Business policies most often make sense when looked at through the lens of "The Rules of Acquisiion".
If you don't have "The lobes for profit" then you will likely see conspiracies behind every decision.

Did that concept exist before Deep Space Nine?

I do not believe that The Rules of Acquisition existed before DS-9.
But they nicely reflect the business practices over the last 50, 60,70... 100 years.
With the "Greed is Good" concept it has become a bit more out in the open

Someone needs to fill out the whole set of rules and then it could be taught as a MBA course at the Rotman School of Management.

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