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Originally Posted by Perry Winkle
It is depressing and infuriating.
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Listed were courses for "Computer Information Science". But keep it in perspective. Those are college degrees for technicians. Not college courses. How would a boss (ie as demonstrated by "Uncover Boss") know the difference between that technician degree and a degree from Seattle Pacific? He wouldn't. Both are called Computer Science. Too many IT managers have insufficient technical knowledge. Only know from word association. Too many IT managers got their jobs based in first impressions. By telling their boss what their boss wanted to hear. He was buying 'miracle' machines. So the IT guy who always smiles must be good?
That is, for example, why bankruptcies are so important. Same reason why militaries, that periodically fight a war, weed out incompetents. Bankruptcies or warfare are often how to identify the better trained and educated.
So, back to this topic. Why would so many companies not hire better trained and educated employees? One proposal says that bossed have no idea how the work gets done. And therefore hire mostly based in first impressions or the size of tits.
Another proposal says that more jobs are only created only when better trained employees are hired. Only then will innovation exist and create more jobs. On spread sheets, profits are higher when less trained and less paid employees are hired. In reality, profits are higher when better trained and more expensive employees are hired. Then the resulting innovation creates more jobs and more new products.
But that is not what is taught in business schools. Innovation and the value of a better educated employee has no entry on any spread sheet. Better trained employee only increases costs. Another reason why I even met a mechanical engineer who is driving a truck. Another who had even programmed in the language 'B'. In every case, people without jobs because they are overqualified. And no longer want to jump through hoops just to be productive. Means more jobs not created and available to 20 years olds.
How would a business school graduate determine the different between that Word educated 'computer science major' and one educated in Seattle Pacific? He can't. None of that is found on his spread sheet. Another example of why 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management - when management is as naive as those in "Undercover Boss".
Others also noted ignorant managers who would hide out in executive offices and executive dining rooms. We all know why companies such as Intel prospered. Top management (ie Andy Grove) had his office in a cubical surrounded by other employees also in cubicals. Only then could innovation happen. Other companies eliminated executive dining rooms. So that executives ate with all other employees. So that innovation could happen. Since the only thing that creates jobs is innovation.
Another is UT's story. Innovators must never do any politics. That is the VP's primary job. To run interference on the technical incompetents who play politics rather than learn how things really work. So that innovators can do the only thing essential to a company's survival - innovation. Another example of what is so essential to create jobs. VPs must work for and protect employees so that employees can innovate. Then more and higher paying jobs are created.
But again, none of this can happen (better jobs created) when the boss has no idea how the work gets done.
Explained are factor that create (or destroy) good jobs. And also how to identify companies that what to make better products rather than foolishly make profits.