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An [[operating committee]], so sayeth https://www.chron.com/, does ''not'' oversee day-to-day operations, but rather “deals with operational functions from a [[Strategic over tactical|strategic]] level”.
{{a|mgmt|}}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'' it should be steered, by whom — usually by syndicating the task to a range of disinterested [[subject matter expert]]s—  those lucky few who have not been outsourced, robotised or made redundant —  behind whom the operating committee will then hover, peering over their shoulders, making suggestions, seeking updates and compiling [[deck]]s containing [[dashboard]] with traffic lights for submission to the [[steering committee]] which report on how the job of steering is going. But no-one on an operating committee ''touches'' the steering wheel, as such. That is left to the good old [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]]. There is a suspicion amongst those in the permafrost that steering wheels are somewhat contagious; vectors of vulnerability. Should the jalopy crash, it will be hard to resist the temptation to blame person at 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]].
Yet, on the other hand, however grim employment conditions become, [[management]] cannot lay ''everyone'' off, because ''someone'' in the [[service line]] has to touch the steering wheel, and it sure as hell won’t be anyone on an [[opco]] or a [[steerco]], because that is not in their [[service catalog]].


And besides, “touching the steering wheel” — manual labour for our neurotic times — gives you ''redundancy'' risk.
===Committee life===
 
{{Opco scene setter}}
And you don’t go ''there'', girlfriend.
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*{{fieldguide}}
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*[[Steering committee]]
*[[Steering committee]]
*[[Subject matter expert]]
*[[Service catalog]]
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