In Harmonium

Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist

Organizational Culture and Professionalization

Marc | October 25, 2006

An interesting article by Lt. Col. John A. Nagl and Lt. Col. Paul L. Yingling titled “New Rules for new enemies” was posted in the October issue of Armed Forces Journal.  Part of their argument centers around a requirement to restructure the organizational culture of the US army.
To win the Long War, the Army must [...]

Some thoughts on “Professionalization”

Marc | October 24, 2006

Over the past six months or so, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the process of professionalization.  In its simplest form, the process involves a set of tasks being “set aside” by a state organization and a monopoly on their practice being granted to a specific group – a “professional organization” – [...]

In primum mobilum

Marc | October 20, 2006

I am sitting here, in my home office, listening to a recording of Monteverdi’s Beatus Vir. Officially, I am listening to it because I will be performing it on November 24th as part of the Ottawa Bach Choir. While that is the reason I am gving my wife and anyone else, I think [...]