The proposals of life once presented – "Boulwarism" a dismissive example
“Well, Dr. Caldwell, what do you think is wrong?”
“I’m not sure … I may need to do a more thorough investigation of the problem in question.”
“Doc, could you tell me what the nature of the problem is …?”
“I dont know.”
“But Doc, what do you know?”
“All I know is … I don’t know. Do you know how many people are willing to admit that they don’t know something?”
“No Doc, how many?”
“I dont know.”
Let’s face it … Contracts, agreements, trade agreements, marketing, and management are an intricate and underrated entity in our daily transactions and lifetime ventures. The bureaucracy tends to burn each of the more than two thousand nerve endings that run through our bodies when they tie us up in endless paperwork that requires signature after signature. The daily routine of contracts and the businesses that accompany them are not recognized as legal and binding in many circumstances that require our exclusive attention. Either we forget or simply overlook the importance they have.
Contracts, agreements, and other legal documentation really govern our very existence. Boulwarism is one of those entities in the mix of tantalizing but practical responsibilities.
The title is named after a ‘Lemuel R. Boulware’, unrelated to this author, of course. He was vice president of General Electric in the 1960s. Mr. Boulware created the so-called “Good Faith Contract” for agreements between unions and management. The contract requires management and Lemuel Boulware insisted on active participation in the deliberation with the intention of finding a basis for agreement, a sincere effort to reach common ground, and binding agreements on mutually acceptable terms.
Boulware negotiated a “take it or leave it” negotiation technique for that company in the late 1940s. Using this technique, a company submits a comprehensive contract proposal that, in its opinion, has included everything necessary or justified. . The implementation of this technique allows a company to present a comprehensive contract proposal that, in its opinion, has included everything necessary or justified in a negotiation.
Such a form of negotiation removes, according to the company’s argument, any need for compromise in the mind of the employer. Said proposal is presented from the beginning with the understanding that nothing will be held for further negotiation and employees are notified that it is a final offer. This places the employer in the untenable position of being unable to negotiate. The NLRB declared that an attitude of “boulwarism” violated the duty to negotiate. He pointed out that although the formality of the negotiation is followed, there is no insistence on illegal or non-mandatory issues, and there is a clear intention to reach an agreement, there is no serious intention to settle differences and reach common ground.
Said proposal is presented at the beginning of a negotiation with the understanding that nothing will be held for later negotiation and employees are notified that it is a final offer. This form of negotiation removes any need for compromise from the employer’s mind.
Remember the ‘Taft-Hartley Act’? This particular type of contract and negotiation is detailed in the folds of a new book on the market. Contracts, business law, real estate, and other business techniques involving the PC, software, hardware, and some inside secrets for freshmen, rookies, high school and college students, and for business or technology professionals. The book goes into detail about contracts, agreements, technology, and business. It is highly recommended for anyone involved in the varied field of everyday transactions.
“All I know is” how to understand, understand and translate the relationship between business and technology as it is presented and you will too with the help of this reference learning and teaching material. It is available online and wherever books, information and data are found. Need to know a thing or two about real estate and legal terminology? This is the book you can find them in … I like to have a copy handy. I have it on top of my reading and writing desk, handy, for that quick reference and response when needed. It is also a very good read. Get yours and enjoy.
When a program or computer isn’t working the way it’s supposed to, we take steps to fix it … we want it fixed. When a person is sick or does not behave as he should, we call a doctor or a professional in particular to fix things again, right? Well, a patch is what IT professionals (and non-professionals) use to make corrections to the program or the computer. They fix things that are wrong with the program or with the computer. Many would rely on a computer expert to get their PC up and running. That’s one of the reasons IT staff rely on updates to compensate for the potential for glitches or malfunctions. In the case of the Matrix movie, “Neo” can be described as the patch, the thing or program that is sent to get it right. The Neo program could also be interpreted as the definitive program or an update. What would be the purpose of the all-seeing, all-knowing Oracle? Can you be seen as an “Almighty Being”?
The cloud as we know it; an Internet metaphor based on how the Internet is represented in computer network diagrams; it is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided. SaaS (Service as Software) over the Internet, as I mentioned in previous posts, is the driving force.
New tactics and skill sets are definitely needed to acquire a position in the new world of IT, communications and analytics. Sentiment Analysis is assessing the mood of social media and is being incorporated by companies that monitor community-driven websites.
Job creation claims it makes sense for Microsoft to target cloud providers. Technology providers plan to double their workforce this year. They say mobile and cloud applications are creating millions of jobs in America.
That disconcerting boast amazes me; If that’s the case, why is the national unemployment rate at record highs? The unemployment figures for the United States are between eight and ten percent. These numbers are devastating for the US economic system.
Business Intelligence (BI) and information technology (IT) in a virtual, methodical way and basically go hand in hand. Students who specialize in business, that is, administration, management, marketing, accounting, etc., will find that BI and IT have become one entity. One does not dispense with the other.
Which is the title? Oh yeah, it’s called ‘All I know is …’
Until next time …