Compliments of Viktor Hertz via Flickr
In the movie “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest“ the character known as “Big Nurse” behaves in a rigid, rule oriented manner. She is a “cold, precise woman with calculated gestures and a calm, mechanical manner” who treats her patients as if they are on a level playing field with children. Turn the page…
Compliments of Artem Nezvigin via Flickr
Throughout history those in power have pitted the less powerful at odds. In totalitarian regimes, contrived shortages were created to sap the energy of the oppressed. In modern firms these same principles are used by managers who pit employees against one another. Divide and conquer is the Trojan horse of human discourse – where workers are used as tools to create distrust. Turn the page…
Jackie Gilbert is a Professor of Management in the Middle Tennessee State University College of Business.
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