Re: AUGD: Australian Teachers Being Discriminated Against For Using Mac's
Re: AUGD: Australian Teachers Being Discriminated Against For Using Mac's
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Australian Teachers Being Discriminated Against For Using Mac's
- From: Tunc Akman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:06:06 +0200
It is very hard to be constructive in this case if you work your way
up to Steve. On the contrary, it can be quite destructive. My advice
would be to reach to the managing director of Australia or one of his
helping hands. A quick Google hints Tony King is running the game and
marketing manager Rob Small is having some power. Try to reach those
guys first and then try to force through Steve. But let me warn you
(as I lived through), it may be a sour experience; no matter what the
goodwill behind might be.
Regards,
tuNc
elmakurdu.org.tr
On Aug 12, 2006, at 22:20, Emilie Unkrich wrote:
My comments are offered as a constructive critique.
I personally am not resonating with this reply, John.
Consider the alternative.
Simply assisting the gentleman, which you did, who sounded
desperate to share certain information in a timely manner because
he cares but did not know where to turn, would seem, IMO, to have
been a more helpful response.
He did go to the Apple folks who, as he said, "fobbed him off."
And, given that, all Greg was asking for, was a suggestion as to
where to go from there.
The chain of command in an organization can often have weak links.
There is a difference between leaders and managers.
A mid-manager may not want to share the bad news upward and so
often a CEO does not know what is really going on, unless he makes
it is management style to garner and encourage a management
philosophy which will have employees be able to discuss and share
the bad as well as the good news. I can not comment further about
those who are salaried Apple employees.
In the case of Greg, he is a faithful, concerned and caring Apple
product consumer.
So, let us hope that Greg's concerns will have an ear to hear them
in the chain-of paid-command.
I have passed his concern onto a person who might also know who
could be contacted.
With Care,
Emilie
On Aug 12, 2006, at 12:32 PM, John Linthicum wrote:
However, you should realize
it's not good etiquette to do a "end around" the proper chain of
command in
a company. It doesn't make you any friends in the company on it's
way back
down.
--
Emilie Unkrich
President NEOAC
Editor, Apple Bits
http://neoac.org/
July2006 Issue of Apple Bits here:
http://neoac.org/bits/06jul.pdf
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