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From: verner@inuxh.UUCP (Matt Verner)
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Subject: Re: The four laws of bureaucracy
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Date: Sat, 8-Feb-86 13:36:12 EST
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> > You can add a few more laws...
> >
> >        5. Never do anything that might earn you respect and praise from  your
> >           subordinates.  This action might cause your subordinates to believe
> >          you're human and then they would goof off.
> 
> ... and so on.  But what I really want to see is things like
> Newton's laws of motion -- things that describe how bureaucracies
> actually behave, not rules for how one should behave.

Andrew,

If you really want to see Bureaucracies (intentionally capitalized) in action
I recomend the movie _Brazil_ as a MUST see!

It is absolutely the best depiction of 'Bureaucracy as Big Brother' as
I have ever seen, read, or heard of.  An extraordinary film.


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