Debate: Halfway decisions, and some concerns
Read Tor Hernes' comments in the CBS Observer to the ongoing debate about CBS' strategy and structure process.
On the ground floor in Kilen one of the glass doors to the lift has been replaced by a metal door, which means that half the facade of the lift is transparent and the other half opaque. I am unaware as to the decision process behind this aesthetically disastrous replacement, but it does not seem an isolated case of what I would call halfway decisions at CBS.
Staying at the level of functionalities, we have been endowed with card operated locks to our offices at Kilen. Good idea, only thing is, the simple version seems to have been procured, which means that immediately as you shut your office door it becomes locked to outsiders, meaning that when a colleague wants to drop in, he or she needs to unlock the door with a card, just to come in and say hello and wish you a nice day.
Third functional example: CBS OBSERVER reported the other day that CBS students are now able to purchase Macs at a discount. Another excellent idea. But how about integrating Macs into the IT environment while they are at it? Why not legalise us Mac’ers who have lived like IT refugees for years, such as having to operate with sub-optimal versions of Microsoft Outlook? Why make a big thing about Mac discounts if Macs are not properly integrated into the system at CBS?
It seems that there are quite a few halfway decisions floating about CBS these days. Some might say that this is better than no decisions. I am not so sure. Decisions are, as James March has diligently pointed out, a celebrated myth in modern society. Making a decision, then, is not just about making it, but also sustaining the myth that a decision is being made. This is why making halfway decisions is sometimes worse than not making any decision; initiating a decision process lends the impression that other, related, decisions will follow.
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