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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wim,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You hit the nail on the head. This is the
root of the entire problem at every situation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] School Politics (Re:
LSU SOM position)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Evan<BR><BR>>From my personal experience, one draw back
of working at a university is the lack of knowledge some faculty have
about the needs of a piano. This lack of knowledge is not limited to those
profs who have very little exposure to the piano. In fact, some of the most
"ignorant" ones are the one who actually profess to teach the instrument.
While some of them claim to know a lot, in actually they know very little, and
what they do know, is eschewed in such a way that no matter what you do, it is
never enough to satisfy their limited knowledge. <BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano
Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu,
HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR>www.bleespiano.com<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of
Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter
Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
Evan Bingham <evanspianotuning@gmail.com><BR>To: caut@ptg.org<BR>Sent:
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:04 am<BR>Subject: [CAUT] School Politics (Re: LSU SOM
position)<BR><BR>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_ad02c1ab-7077-4ea5-b184-bbc1addd100b>Hello fellow techs,
<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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). <BR><BR>So Far I am hearing things
like,<BR><BR>conflicting orders from above<BR>lack of appreciation<BR>not
enough of a budget to work with<BR>administration's lack of
understanding<BR>scheduling conflicts<BR><BR>Is there anything I'm
missing? Can anyone sum up the politics of institutional management for
me?<BR><BR>Any help would be appreciated. I'm pretty much finished my
project, just trying to polish up some of the grey (market)
areas.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance everyone,<BR>Evan Bingham<BR><BR>P.S.<BR>I
actually applied to the LSU job so I hope they get back to me. Wish me
luck!<BR></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_ad02c1ab-7077-4ea5-b184-bbc1addd100b -->
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