Wednesday, 28 August 2019

wanderabout in bateau





















At university, today as 20 years ago, they are all rascals (until proven otherwise)

 Renzo Rosso
Professor of Hydraulic 
and Maritime Construction 
and Hydrology in Milan

IL FATTO QUOTIDIANO

Not only in Italy, but throughout Europe, the axiom of management control is the beacon that guides the company, both in the business world and in those of public services or functions. Faith in its saving function stems from a pessimistic view of human nature, since it presupposes that individuals and officials, elected or appointed or even merely charged as public servants, actually behave as rational and selfish actors. And that the same happens throughout the hierarchical chain of the company, where absolute loyalty is claimed. In short, it is taken for granted that, at best, men are rascals who do their own business; at worst they do nothing sensible.




It is a shared vision also in the Americas, but European pessimism declines it with particular fervor: the human being is always and in any case a sinner...