The word choice of management "buy-in" seems to reflect the idea that you
can purchase anything (especially in the U.S.) including management's
commitment to an idea of different way of running their business. And as
easy as you can buy something you can always (well at least with L.L. Ben
- right Rol?) take it back. I have tried to remove this type of phrase
from by vocabulary for this reason.
A couple of weeks ago someone from the list quote Confucious: The
superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what
will sell. Selling and buying don't indicate commitment to me.
--Bill Hendry | work e-mail: sfidba@thpl.lib.fl.us Organizational Development Consultant and Trainer Hillsborough County, FL (813) 276-2727, fax (813) 276-2197
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