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<div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font><font
color="red" size="5"><b><i>American
Management Today - Idiots?</i></b></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
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A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest. They were
looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life
Dilbert-comic-strip-type
managers. These were voted the top ten quotes from the managers we work
for in corporate America, circa 2004:</b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part2.09040504.00010800@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2"><b>"</b></font><font size="4"><b>As
of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using
individual
security cards.</b></font><font color="blue" size="4"><b> </b></font><font
size="4"><b>Pictures
will be taken next Wednesday, and employees will receive their cards in
two weeks." </b></font>
<p><font color="red" size="4"><b><i>(This was the winning
quote from Fred Dales,
Microsoft Corp. in Redmond WA)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part3.02000603.03040903@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2"><b>"</b></font><font size="4"><b>What
I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might
encounter."
</b></font><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(Lykes Lines Shipping)</i></b></font><font
face="Verdana" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part4.05030400.09010607@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2"><b>"</b></font><font size="4"><b>E-mail
is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used
only
for company business." </b></font><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(Accounting
manager, Electric Boat Company)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part5.04080402.00020408@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2">"</font><font size="4"><b>This
project is so important we can't let things that are more important
interfere
with it." </b></font><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(Advertising/Marketing
manager, United Parcel Service)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part6.03000501.02040901@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2"><b>"</b></font><font size="4"><b>Doing
it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule<i>." </i></b></font>
</p>
<p><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(Plant Manager, Delco
Corporation)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part7.04080300.02000208@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2"><b>"</b></font><font size="4"><b>No
one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working
on it for months. Now go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you
know when it's time to tell them." </b></font>
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<p><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(R&D supervisor,
Minnesota Mining
and Manufacturing/3M Corp.)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part8.03040709.02090806@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="4"><b>Quote
from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say."</b></font><font
color="blue" size="4"><b>
<i>(Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)</i></b></font><font
face="Verdana" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part9.05010000.07020907@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="4"><b>My
sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I
told
my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work
on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her
burial
to Friday. He said, <i>"That would be better for me."</i> </b></font>
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<p><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(Shipping executive,
FTD Florists)</i></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
</font><img src="cid:part10.09030404.04060508@mhorton.net"
alt="[]"><font size="2"><b>"</b></font><font size="4"><b>We
know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to
discuss
it with the employees." </b></font>
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<p><font color="blue" size="4"><b><i>(Switching supervisor,
AT&T Long Lines
Division)</i></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br>
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