No... I am makng the argument that somebody in a position of responsibility should not mandate that a system bend to their requirements in light of what the negative consquences would be.

I am most definitely not making the argument that managers should /need to be experts in all they manage. That would be most impractable and inefficient.

Good managers know their respective limitations...

As for your last statement in trying to dove-tail macro economic theory, I'll pass on that...< s >....

Finally, with respect to whom we "make this stuff" accessible, I would make the argument that if you are an IT person, your boss is an IT person as well. The question is whether you are talking about IT management or end-users.


Also, I am not an IT person....< s >... Corproate IT and management is the very embodiment of inefficiency on ineffectiveness. Show me a corporate IT department and I will show you a collection of "empty suits". This isn't always the case mind you. But for the most part, it is true...

< JVP >


>LOL! You are making the argument that this guy who uses a database system must understand database principles before he can use the system. That guy probably does something else for a living. I have a masters degree in computer science, while my boss has a masters degree in something ELSE, and PAYS me to do my job here, an underpinning of a market economy...<grin>
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>As IT people, we are paid to make this stuff accessible to those who do not understand it in detail, John.
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>I love a good argument. Just ask my mother <bg>
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>>So in order to make up for his shortcomings with respect to understanding both the structure and the underlying principles, he would instead have you compromise the design of your system.
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>>That seems logical to me since to give pause to such an idea, one would have to understand the consequences. And of course, to understand the consequences, one would have to understand the principles.
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>>I guess it is good for you that this person is "running" other aspects of your company. For your sake, I hope he is not "running" it into the ground...
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>>I am amazed at the preponderance of incompetence that exists in Corporate America....< s >...
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>>>Hello John,
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>>>He wants to PRETEND he understands the underlying structure and principals but in reality is too busy running other aspects of the company. This was just meant to be a humorous jab at the situation many of us face :-)
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>>>Bob
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>>>>1. S/He does not understand basic relational database principles.
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>>>>or
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>>>>2. S/He does not understand the database model.