About the most challenging organization to manage would be a bureaucracy in Washington, DC and it is amazing how many people attempt to do this only to fail miserably. It is truly amazing in fact how many people learn corporate business management and then come to Washington, DC to find out how screwed up that is and how unbelievable the blob of bureaucracy is and how deep it actually goes.
For those involved in corporate management and academia who attempt to teach MBA students how to run for profit organizations they need to realize that the bureaucracy in Washington, DC and the organizational format in which it operates is truly out of control.
It takes a lot of patience to manage the bureaucracy in Washington, DC and it is not the kind of ship that can be turned around on a dime either. Many people will blame the president of the United States or the presidential administration for the inefficiencies of the government in Washington, DC however this has been going along for decades prior to them coming into power.
It is not fair to blame the presidential administration for the inefficiencies of government and there is little or nothing and executive branch can do to turn around such a large ship in only four years. Not to mention the huge amount of self-interests that are involved in the government agencies. Managing the deadbeat bureaucrats in Washington, DC is no easy endeavor.
We should have academic management training for government bureaucracies, which work to streamline and make your government more efficient. Unfortunately academia can even keep corporations running smoothly and efficient so it is a wonder if they will ever be able to streamline our government or trained humans to run it efficiently.
I'm sorry if this article is too cynical for you; but since it is the truth it must stand and if you disagree with me you need to get a life and get real. The bureaucracy in Washington, DC is a friggin joke. Consider that in 2006.
Lance Winslow
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