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{{a|negotiation|}}[[File:Morlock.jpg|thumb|left|A [[subject matter expert]], yesterday.]] | {{a|negotiation|}}[[File:Morlock.jpg|thumb|left|A [[subject matter expert]], yesterday.]] | ||
Known fondly by [[management consultant]]s as an “[[SME]]” — or ''less'' fondly as a [[Morlock]]—a [[subject matter expert]] is one of those benighted people without whom the organisation would not function, who are nonetheless poorly paid, forced to live in a dungeon below ground, being routinely beaten by the inhabitants of the sedimentary layers of [[middle management]] and, if | Known fondly by [[management consultant]]s as an “[[SME]]” — or ''less'' fondly as a [[Morlock]]—a [[subject matter expert]] is one of those benighted people without whom the organisation would not function, who are nonetheless poorly paid, forced to live in a dungeon below ground, being routinely beaten by the inhabitants of the sedimentary layers of [[middle management]] and, if any [[management consultants]] engaged by [[middle management]] have anything to do with it, are shortly be made redundant. Thereafter, an [[Brexit|unexpected generational change in the business environment]] will wreak havoc on the organisation as squadrons of hastily engaged [[contractors]] having no institutional knowledge, scant subject matter expertise and an abject lack of common sense, will attempt, by operation of the hive mind, to adjust the organisation’s [[direction of travel]] towards its new direction, with disastrous results. Think ocean liners and icebergs. | ||
There is an argument that [[middle management]] is little more than a game of chicken to see how many subject matter experts you can fire without the organisation actually imploding on itself. | There is an argument that [[middle management]] is little more than a game of chicken to see how many subject matter experts you can fire without the organisation actually imploding on itself. |