| ▲ | bell-cot 3 hours ago | |
Unfortunately, real-world bureaucratic orgs of any meaningful size or age always include a third type of person - dedicated neither to the org's goals, nor to the org itself. In general, one should speak more circumspectly about that third type. | ||
| ▲ | pavel_lishin an hour ago | parent [-] | |
> There was a point of equilibrium in any organization’s middle management, a fulcrum of responsibility that remained still while the upper and lower ranks of the bureaucracy moved around it. Tyren knew from experience that a shrewd official could find this pivot-point within the org chart and, once entrenched, enjoy near-complete autonomy with almost no responsibility. From "Son of a Liche", by J. Zachary Pike. | ||