http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-33691 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Why Congress Won’t Investigate Wall Street Fri, 01 May 2009 22:34:03 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/#comment-33691 The failures of the political leaders (putting their donors interests above the public interest) is something that should be investigated... The failures of the political leaders (putting their donors interests above the public interest) is something that should be investigated…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-33436 What the Bailout and Stimulus Are and Are Not at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:45:22 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/#comment-33436 [...] is because they never actually provided the value they claimed. They merely created false returns to claim they provided a benefit to justify obscene pay (many of them truly didn’t understand this is what they were doing so beyond failing they [...] [...] is because they never actually provided the value they claimed. They merely created false returns to claim they provided a benefit to justify obscene pay (many of them truly didn’t understand this is what they were doing so beyond failing they [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-33252 CuriousCat: Restaurant Eliminates Tipping to Improve System Performance Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:55:30 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/#comment-33252 This is an interesting article discussing some of the psychological and systems thinking aspects of managing a system made up of people... This is an interesting article discussing some of the psychological and systems thinking aspects of managing a system made up of people…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-33071 Curious Cat Investing Blog: More on Failed Executives Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:44:57 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/#comment-33071 It is sad to see the same story repeated over and over. Give people the change for obscene bonuses. They make up claims that they are making lots of money to get bonuses but actually set the company to go bankrupt... It is sad to see the same story repeated over and over. Give people the change for obscene bonuses. They make up claims that they are making lots of money to get bonuses but actually set the company to go bankrupt…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/comment-page-1/#comment-32083 If you can’t distort the data, just don’t look at it « Process Rants Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:57:48 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/03/24/losses-covered-up-to-protect-bonuses/#comment-32083 [...] the data, just don’t look at it A sad reminder of the state of affairs comes from Curious Cat Management when it comes to conflicts of interest between the data and one’s own goals.  It is [...] [...] the data, just don’t look at it A sad reminder of the state of affairs comes from Curious Cat Management when it comes to conflicts of interest between the data and one’s own goals.  It is [...]

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