RE: How does one explain cooperation in a world where competition

["Mike Woolbert" <mawoolb@charter.net>]

Ziaee, Reza <RZiaee@bcbsm.com>Wrote:
"What is wrong with communism?"


The debate about political/social systems has raged since Marx was a =
pup.  What's wrong with communism is that it has no standing with =
American business management.  Management was Deming's and is my =
audience.  Popular American wisdom is that communism is a failed =
ideology that has collapsed.  I understand that capitalism is not ideal, =
but it seems to work in the US.  I am familar with the arguments about =
the negative effects of capitalism, but that isn't the debate.  =
Capitalism is a fact in the US economy.  It held in very high reguard. =
One of the easiest ways to lose the audience for improvement systems is =
for one manager to declare, "Oh, Deming was a communist."  The =
improvement ideas become not only worthless, but subversive.

I don't think either Deming or his ideas were communistic, but talking =
about cooperation in business seems to be like using sign language to =
communicate with a blind person. =20