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An [[operating committee]], so sayeth [https://www.chron.com/ the website Chron.com], does ''not'' oversee day-to-day operations, but rather “deals with operational functions from a [[Strategic over tactical|strategic]] level”.
An [[operating committee]], so sayeth [https://www.chron.com/ the website Chron.com], does ''not'' oversee day-to-day operations, but rather “deals with operational functions from a [[Strategic over tactical|strategic]] level”.


As we know, a [[steering committee]] decides ''where'' to steer the car. The [[operating committee]] decides ''[[how]]'' to steer it. But neither of them actually steer it. That is left to the good old [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]] —  those lucky few who have not been outsourced, robotised or made redundant —  to actually turn the wheel.
As we know, a [[steering committee]] decides ''where'' to steer the car. The [[operating committee]] decides ''how'' to steer it. But neither of them actually steer it. That is left to the good old [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]] —  those lucky few who have not been outsourced, robotised or made redundant —  to actually turn the wheel.


One bulwark the benighted [[SME]] can rely on is that, however grim employment conditions become, [[middle management]] cannot lay ''everyone'' off, because ''someone'' in the [[service line]] has to touch the steering wheel, and it sure as well won’t be anyone on an [[opco]] or a [[steerco]]. Because that is not in their [[service catalog]].
One bulwark the benighted [[SME]] can rely on is that, however grim employment conditions become, [[middle management]] cannot lay ''everyone'' off, because ''someone'' in the [[service line]] has to touch the steering wheel, and it sure as well won’t be anyone on an [[opco]] or a [[steerco]]. Because that is not in their [[service catalog]].