[CAUT] School Politics (Re: LSU SOM position)

[Evan Bingham]

Hello fellow techs,

My name is Evan Bingham and I'm finishing up my classes at the Chicago
School for Piano Technology.  I've been reading this debate on institutional
work vs. business, and it is definitely intriguing to me.  I've been working
on a project about institutional management, reading debates like these for
a while and decided to finally post.  I have it set in my mind that I want
to work in an institution, when I haven't even really experienced it first
hand.  I've just experienced it through interviews and campus visitations
and so far it seems like a career I can easily spend the rest of my life
dedicated to.

Anyways, my research is primarily just about institutional management and
NOT a comparison between starting your own business or working for an
institution.  I have been trying to cover as much as possible, from the
negatives like vandalism, to the positives like benefits, and it is just to
show the other students in my school this particular career path.  I have
come to a bump in the road to my project, and I'm trying to figure out what
exactly entails school politics (in a negative sense).

So Far I am hearing things like,

conflicting orders from above
lack of appreciation
not enough of a budget to work with
administration's lack of understanding
scheduling conflicts

Is there anything I'm missing?  Can anyone sum up the politics of
institutional management for me?

Any help would be appreciated.  I'm pretty much finished my project, just
trying to polish up some of the grey (market) areas.

Thanks in advance everyone,
Evan Bingham

P.S.
I actually applied to the LSU job so I hope they get back to me.  Wish me
luck!
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