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>> But under BUNTE
>> (the internet with anonymous posters) they made this sort of fuzzy
>> offence. Those people you refer to never give assistance outside the
>> usenet.

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> ah, I see it had occurred to you. That's a shame that you can't get
> more from them
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>> Chances would be that even more such loonies would show up at
>> Burda's BUNTE blogs.
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>> But, btw, I've got meanwhile some implicit help from another guy. And
>> the (a PhD holding) psychologist is getting milder.

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> oh just wait a week, he will be on your case soon
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>>>> I replied then: "DIALEKTIK eben - oder in anderen Worten:
>>>> YIN - YANG".

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>>> Did Janey have a good response to this sort of obvious thing.
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>> He (that psychologist) explained that Janey W. is a literary character
>> who sleeps herself all the way up.
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> and once she gets up there, she can't disengage from the soffit.
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> not too many people up there, mostly spiders.
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> Thus, Janey will be lonely.
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>>>> As far as my experience is concerned, I was involved in many
>>>> interdisciplinary projects (applying various methods of brainstorming)
>>>> and, in addition, in those biannual STRATEGY meetings (mainly in
>>>> Germany, France, UK, and USA). I was frequently in the role of
>>>> providing all sorts of statements on the 'status quo' and trend
>>>> evaluations, written and in speeches, to compile the information of
>>>> group discussions and to take care of the 'hard facts' to be
>>>> integrated in various papers, and subsequently, upon the board's
>>>> adaptation of the strategies, to cooperate (in leading central
>>>> 'matrix functions') in order to implement pertinent measures
>>>> throughout the worldwide corporate organizations.

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>>> In the place I currently work, the word matrix is used abominably
>>> incorrectly. Makes me want to slap someone, maybe a nearby consultant
>>> who probably taught my organization to misuse this word in the first
>>> place.
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>>> The word matrix, to me, is a decisional tool. (it's also the structure
>>> of ore out of which gems are extracted but that's a different venue).
>>> Anyway, I am familiar with the go no go and other mathematical matrix
>>> concepts, all of which provide ability to input data and extra ability
>>> to analyze that data towards a solution and decision.
>>>
>>> Is that how you mean matrix.
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>>> Because that's not what my job in DC for four years meant.
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>>> Matrix there meant: pull up a table or excel chart in Microsoft and
>>> make a list of a bunch of stuff. In other words a chart with no
>>> decisional functionality.
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>>> Sure it's a nice way to organize thought, but it's not a matrix.
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>>> It's just a shopping list with pretty colors.
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>>> I had assignment after assignment after assignment requiring me to
>>> produce such matrixes, or as many careful classical scholars would
>>> point out -- matrices.
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>>> I got so sick and tired of these assignments asking for lists and
>>> charts that were incorrectly titled -- request for matrix.
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>>> Hence, I have proposed a new plural for the word matrix that will
>>> better describe these assignments.
>>>
>>> Matrocities.
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>> We use various other terms in German. But I thought 'matrix' would
>> explain the matter better and easier.

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>> In a corporation with about 150 companies around the world on all
>> continents there are chiefs of whole regions and also of large
>> countries and then the companies' presidents with their staffs.
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>> Central functions (marketing, controlling, finance, legal, personnel,
>> etc) have to provide guidance (leadership in a cooperative approach) to
>> that widespread organization on several hierarchical levels and
>> "control" them. It's rather a 'steering process' throughout
>> the entire global corporation.

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> Sounds just like the place in DC where I just came back from as
> director -- almost as many offices, but probably not as intricate.
> However, I totally understand what you are referencing.
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> For data, I used the phrases Management and Workload information.
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> The control aspect -- that I understand too -- we had to create a few
> data bases to "control" the flow of data, assignments and so on.
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> I guess organizations are very much similar.
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> I'd like to hear the words in German, even so.
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>>>>> I guess I never mentioned that in addition to my other skills that you
>>>>> already know of I am also an attorney.
>>>>>

>>>> Wow, great!
>>>> Did you ever, perhaps many years ago, practice in a lawyer's office?

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>>> I did perhaps practice in my own office. I spent a great deal of time
>>> in court.
>>> Lots of research. I loved taking weird cases. Not appropriate of
>>> course to discuss cases on line because these are confidential, but it
>>> was a great education.
>>> My current job in Roanoke (amongst other things) involves supervising a
>>> team that consists of a number of lawyers and paralegals.
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>> That sounds good to me :)
>> But apparently you don't like it (as explained previously).

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> I like legal work such as research, analyzing, writing, litigating,
> negotiating, decision making.
> I like supervising because I enjoy working with the individuals to
> encourage.
> However, I don't enjoy the menial tasks of supervision -- handing out
> folders, filing, etc.
> When in DC previously and in shorter periods in DC, I enjoyed managing
> -- analyzing, decision making, policy making.
> Even though I am working as an attorney, I am doing entirely too much
> of the menial and not enough supervision, analysis or legal.
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> Consequently, I am going to DC to a job that will allow me the ability
> to perform more legal work and fewer menial tasks.
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