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Running the [[documentation unit]] is thankless not because of the [[negotiator]]s — by and large, a perfectly pleasant, capable and long-suffering bunch, though not unknown to have cabin fever or the fractious personalities of dogs that have been kicked too often — but, because of its cost, heft, and inevitably negative impact on the franchise. It is therefore an irresistible target for the malign ministrations of the hoard of [[change manager|change managers]], [[management consultant|management consultants]] and [[chief operating officer]]s who roam unchecked in a modern investment bank. They see manifold opportunity to implement their sacred maxims: [[offshoring]], [[outsourcing]], operations-aligning, automating — all of kind of easily-spoken ideas will flood their feverish minds. | Running the [[documentation unit]] is thankless not because of the [[negotiator]]s — by and large, a perfectly pleasant, capable and long-suffering bunch, though not unknown to have cabin fever or the fractious personalities of dogs that have been kicked too often — but, because of its cost, heft, and inevitably negative impact on the franchise. It is therefore an irresistible target for the malign ministrations of the hoard of [[change manager|change managers]], [[management consultant|management consultants]] and [[chief operating officer]]s who roam unchecked in a modern investment bank. They see manifold opportunity to implement their sacred maxims: [[offshoring]], [[outsourcing]], operations-aligning, automating — all of kind of easily-spoken ideas will flood their feverish minds. | ||
Their ideas, cribbed from academic texts and theoretical models which have never experienced the horror of peering into the depths of an {{isdama}}, will override any practical thoughts the poor [[head of the documentation unit]] might have had to fix things, but not before they have been co-opted, amalgamated, misinterpreted, brutalized and systematically forced through a sieve of business administration dogma until they are unrecognizable, unworkable, inexcusable, and profoundly the fault of the [[head of the documentation unit]]. | Their ideas, cribbed from academic texts and theoretical models which have never experienced the horror of peering into the depths of an {{isdama}}, will override any practical thoughts the poor [[head of the documentation unit]] might have had to fix things, but not before they have been co-opted, amalgamated, misinterpreted, brutalized and systematically forced through a sieve of business administration {{t|dogma}} until they are unrecognizable, unworkable, inexcusable, and profoundly the fault of the [[head of the documentation unit]]. | ||
At that point (indeed, long before), he — or she — is generally regarded as a dead man walking.<ref>Readers who sense that the author has experienced these sensations from close range would be absolutely right.</ref> | At that point (indeed, long before), he — or she — is generally regarded as a dead man walking.<ref>Readers who sense that the author has experienced these sensations from close range would be absolutely right.</ref> | ||