A course with real value

[hopeandprey]

I suggested to a faculty member today that there should be a class in the Engineering Management curriculum dedicated to understanding how to deal with bureaucracy in large organizations as that’s the worst part of any of our projects. On the way home, Bill and I were discussing this ‘Bureaucracy In Action’ elective and I think we’ve got a pretty

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[myrddinfyre]

Do it all again!

[hopeandprey]

*shakes head*

If it's all the same, they have some hope of learning the process!

[myrddinfyre]

you're right, dammit.

[lynnet]

What happens to the people who do give up?

[hopeandprey]

Obviously they fail.

Unless by giving up, you mean they drop the class.

[noemon]

For the second semester they could just successfully complete Douglas Adam's Bureaucracy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy_(computer_game))

[hopeandprey]

I don't think simulation is adequate for conveying the course material.

[noemon]

But...but...it's e-learning! Don't be so twencen.

[snowdudeus]

At then end you should reveal a secret friendly secretary somewhere that would have allowed circumvention of the whole process if you only gave her a bar of chocolate first. Bribery is important.

[anonymous]

I don't really have any input, but this was highly entertaining. -BG39