Dear Organlearners,
Greetings to all you fellow learners
While searching Internet on Enron's bankruptcy, I stumbled
on the following site:
American Newspeak
Word Collisions by Wayne Grytting
< http://www.scn.org/news/newspeak/corp.html >
The "word collisions" are usually of a cynical nature. The following one
had an omnious warning to it since it concerns wholeness. I quote it for
your convenience:
>>>>
New Age CEO's
Our nation's top executives appear to be going beyond materialistic
demands, displaying a new found interest in holistic health. Much like
Mafia wannabees who spoke of becoming "made men," CEO's now speak of
wanting to be made "whole." Apparently executives can be made "whole" by
being offered stock options by a prospective employer that compensates
them for the stock they lose when jumping ship. For example, when Quaker
Oats lured away Sprint's CEO Robert Lemay, they made him "whole" with $2.5
million in cash and 11.7 in stock options. But apparently there are levels
of "wholeness" that executives can aspire to. So when Sprint replied with
a $20.5 million package, it was, said a spokesperson, an effort to "make
him a little more whole." I like this usage. It leaves executives with
more to aim for, don't you think? (WSJ 4/22/98)
>>>>
Increasing wholeness can be learned, but it cannot be bought. This brings
an interesting question to our LO-dialogue.
Do I buy increasing wholeness when I hire somebody to teach it to me?
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@gold.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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