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Posted by  Jean-Jacques Laublé <jean-jacques.lauble at wanadoo.fr>

John Gunkler writes :

> But business isn't about politics, ultimately, and
> we should not confuse the two."  Having been in a boardroom (or two hundred
> plus) myself, with respect I say that is simply wrong.

To me very simply, business is about maximizing the net revenue from the
capital invested and preferably maintaining at least this revenue above
zero.

Politics is about being elected.
This makes the business game and the political one completely different.

Bob Eberlein writes:
>I personally have not spent much time in board rooms, but I know many who
>have and your description is contrary to all the descriptions I have heard.

It is sure that people in board rooms do not behave in a very 'scientific'
way but they still behave. And this behaviour has its own rationality, even
if apparently SD people seem to have difficulty understanding it. This
behaviour does not come from the people but from their positions and the
context in which they are in.

And to my opinion this behaviour is not as complicate as it appears at
first.

Regards to everybody.
Jean-Jacques Laublé
Posted by  Jean-Jacques Laublé <jean-jacques.lauble at wanadoo.fr>
posting date  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:15:30 +0100