CJ doctoral study

Where industry (unions, moonbats, etc.) give money to government that is for favors from government and not to be let alone.

 

I see your point...however I disagree.

I think it kind of works on the "don't bite the hand that feeds" type of mentality. In other words, industry controls the government, not the other way around.

I believe government and industry will forever be tied to one another, however they will not be equally yoked. One must control the other.

Since industry controls government in the U.S. historically, it would seem that the government does not meddle in the affairs of industry...thus keeping it's "hands off".

 

This belongs in the thread with the Illuminati and the Templars.

 

probably...but I'm not exactly a conspiracy type of person. I think it just happens to work out that way.

 

Did you see National Treasure too? That Nicholas Cage is a hoot.

 

Yeah, I did. Maybe that will get some kiddiepoos interested in national history.

 

Re: Re: Strange

In the 1990s, Entrepreneurship was the major du jour of Schools of Business. It has survived. E-Commerce is the flavor of the month business majoe of the 2000s and it will likely survive too. Homeland Security will likely last as well.

 

Gee, I thought the Templars went out of existence in the Middle Ages.

 

Ease or difficulty of data collection for dissertation topic

That sounds good in theory, but obtaining that sort of data for a dissertation would be quite daunting, if not impossible. When one considers what they want to do their dissertion on, one must also consider the availability of data (or at least the ease with which it may be collected).

As an example...

Florida has a "Sunshine Law" which means citizens can obtain information from the government. It is our right. So for a Masters thesis, I attempted to get some numerical data from my local school system and I was given the runaround for well over 12 months. Now I could have pushed the issue (by law), but I didn't want to make any political waves, due to my current occupation as a local cop for an elected sheriff who has close ties to our school system. I live in a very small community of only about 500,000 people (the number may sound big, but trust me, there is a small number of interconnected people at the top -- and word travels fast in this tiny community of mine). Trying to obtain the numbers from the school system was like pulling teeth. So for political reasons, I "let it go" and chose a different Masters thesis where the data was easier to collect.

The dissertation topic that you suggested definately sounds interesting, but obtaining the data seems like it would be a nightmare. With my experience in the system, I anticipate that the data collection phase alone could conceivably take about three to four years to collect; one would have to navigate through Federal, state and county hurdles, which sounds like a nightmare-come-true!!!! My problems with data collection at the Masters level taught me the following: When one chooses a dissertion topic, one must consider:
1) The availability of data
2) The ease or difficulty with which it may or may not be obtained.

My brother is a tenured professor in a state university system and he said that most students at his school do their dissertations from the angle of "employee satisifaction" because that is an important issue to industry officials. I've been chewing on his statement for a long time and I concluded that the ease of data collection for that type of topic would probably be more appropriate for me.

 

Say what?

 

^ ^

Perfect eyebrow lift. Nice.

 

Who is that?

 

Roger Moore as The Saint (Simon Templar).

He's why Volvo was able to start selling cars in the U.S.

 

Re: Ease or difficulty of data collection for dissertation topic

Hi Me,

Have you seen the new book called the Enthusiastic Employee by David Sirota (Wharton School Publishing). I think you might like it.

 

Re: Ease or difficulty of data collection for dissertation topic

Hey Me,

Most states now have Government in the Sunshine Laws that were modeled on the federal Administrative Procedures Act. Is Florida's GSA part of their FOIA commission or could that be a secondary route to your data?

 

I always liked the fastback P-1800 ES a bit more (Moore).