No, it's not command and control at all. Well, it is for - almost exclusively - men with low self-esteem who don't have the money and/or courage for their long-desired penis enlargement surgeries. And the close second best way of acting out their low self-esteem and cowardice is bullying people. Modern science calls this management. As Peter Drucker put it many years ago...
"90% of what we call 'management' consists of making it difficult for people to get things done."
What civilians perceive in the military as command and control is really, discipline, commitment and accountability.
These words are largely unknown in the civilian word, but in a world where people put their lives into each other's hands and on the line, these words carry life or death.
The big difference between me, a former soldier and the average civilian is that to me these words are my backbone, whereas for the average civilian, hence most clients, they are parts of publicity stunt.
Have you ever thought that if corporate leaders ran military, then every year, tens of thousands of people would die as a result of friendly fire, deliberately caused by the insatiable greed of those corporate leaders?
In the US military, a four-star general earns about 8-times more than a newly recruited private. In the corporate world, executives earn as much as 600-times more than line workers. Just see corporate Gulags like Wal-Mart and similar labour camps.
Oh, and one more thing about the military approach...
I'm not saying that the military is the be all and end all, but there is a reason why some people, including management guru Tom Peters; former Coca Cola CEO, John Hayes; former State Street Bank CEO, Marshall Carter; and AOL founder, Jim Kimsey, refer to the military as the "World's finest business school"A while ago, Fortune magazine writer, Anne Fisher noted that...
"Many headhunters--and not just those who specialize in placing people with military backgrounds, either--have been telling me lately that a stint in one of the armed services is worth considering."And I've found that disciplined, committed and accountable clients like this "militaristic" approach. But it's certainly not for everyone.
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