The Importance of Project Management
When your project manager tells you a course of action you take it. You don't fire them.
Blackwater Security Consulting, a mercenary firm out of Moyock NC learned this lesson the hard way as they find themselves sued for just such a mistake. You might remember the whole sad tail, under staffed, undersupplied, and unarmored, some American mecenaries on Blackwater's payroll were beaten, killed, burned, and hung from a bridge.
Here's another longer article on the matter.
The Project Manager is your friend not your enemy. In business the executive suits control everything but only know the bottom line. Its the Project Manager who knows what is going on from top to bottom.
Blackwater gets what they deserve.
Comments
It takes a uniquely motivated Individual for that kind of work. My hope is that 1) Blackwater was fully paid for the work, rather than held by Halliburton for breach-of-contract, and 2) The families sue the company out of business. I'm having difficulty expressing my disgust with this situation.
Posted by: Jeffrey | January 6, 2005 11:33 AM
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6477829
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Posted by: Jeffrey | January 6, 2005 11:34 AM
And on the other hand. When you sign up to willing shoot other people, and get shot at, you should know that there is a high chance that the situation will not end well. Even with the right equipment.
All in all it sounded like they were in the same situation that hundreds of soldiers are/were in at this time. And they don't get nearly as good a paycheck or the luxury to quit if they don't like it.
Those men knew what they had on their backs, knew what they rode in. It's horrible what happened to them, but they were willing to take the risk and take the money for it. Sadly it took their lives.
And yes Woody you are right. When someone says "hey, umm this is fucked up. It's not working right. We need to fix it." People should listen.
Posted by: Stacy | January 6, 2005 3:17 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how so many CEO's and other top level executives (and even middle managers) in today's corporations have no idea what it takes to do what they sell and choose to put no stock in the employees who actually do the jobs those at the top are either unwilling or unable to do.
You're right, Blackwater gets what they deserve, it's just a shame working class employes have to die for it.
Posted by: Billy The Blogging Poet | January 9, 2005 12:14 PM