“Well, Dr. Caldwell, what do you think is wrong?”
“I’m not sure… I may need to do more research on the issue at hand.”
“Doc, can you tell me what the nature of the problem is…?”
“I dont know.”
“But doctor, what do you know?”
“All I know is… I don’t know. Do you know how many people are willing to admit they don’t know something?”
“No doctor, how many?”
“I dont know.”

Let’s face it… Contracts, Agreements, Business Agreements, Marketing and Administration are an intricate and underappreciated entity in our daily transactions and lifetime businesses. Bureaucracy tends to burn every one of the more than two thousand nerve endings that run through our bodies when we are tied up in endless paperwork that requires signature after signature. The daily routine of contracts and the business that goes with them are not recognized as legal and binding in many circumstances that require our full attention. We forget or simply overlook the importance of it.

Contracts, agreements, and other legal documentation truly govern our very existence. Boulwarism is one of those entities in the mix of tormenting but practical responsibilities.

The title is named after a ‘Lemuel R. Boulware’, unrelated to this author, of course. He was the ‘Vice President of General Electric back in the sixties. Mr. Boulware created the so-called “Good Faith Contract” for agreements between unions and management. The contract demands of management and Lemuel Boulware insisted on active participation in deliberation with the intention of finding a basis for agreement, a sincere effort to reach common ground and binding agreements on mutually acceptable terms.

Boulware negotiated a “take it or leave it” negotiation technique for that company in the late 1940s. Using this technique, a company submits a comprehensive contract proposal that it believes has included everything necessary or justified. The implementation of this technique allows a company to present a comprehensive contract proposal that, in its opinion, has included everything necessary or justified in a negotiation.

Such a form of negotiation eliminates, according to the company’s argument, any need for compromise in the employer’s mind. Such a proposal is presented at the outset with the understanding that nothing is held back for further negotiation and employees are notified that it is a final offer. This puts the employer in the untenable position of being unable to negotiate. The NLRB declared an attitude of ‘Boulwarism’ a breach of the duty to negotiate. He pointed out that although the formality of the negotiation is followed, illegal or non-mandatory issues are not insisted on and there is a clear intention to conclude an agreement, there is no serious intention to adjust differences and reach common ground.

Such a proposal is presented at the beginning of a negotiation with the understanding that nothing is being held for further negotiation, and employees are notified that it is a final offer. This form of negotiation removes any need for compromise in the mind of the employer.

Remember the ‘Taft-Hartley Act?’ This particular type of contract and negotiation is detailed in the folds of a new book on the market. Contracts, Business Law, Real Estate, and other business techniques involving PCs, Software, Hardware, and some insider secrets for the newly learned, beginner, high school and college student, and business or technology professional. The book goes into detail about contracts, agreements, technology and business. It is highly recommended for anyone involved in the varied field of everyday transactions.

The only thing I know is how to understand, comprehend and translate the relationship between business and technology as it is presented and you will too with the help of this reference learning and teaching material. It is available online and wherever books, information and data are found. Need to know a thing or two about legal and real estate terminology? This is the book where you can find them… I like to have a copy on hand. It stays on top of my reading and writing desk, within easy reach, for that quick reference and answer when needed. It is also a very good read. Get yours and enjoy.

When a program or a computer isn’t working the way it’s supposed to, we take action to fix it…we want it to be fixed. When a person is sick or not behaving as they should, we call a doctor or a particular professional to fix things again, right? Well, a patch is what IT professionals (and non-professionals) use to make fixes to the program or the computer. They fix things that are wrong with the program or the computer. Many would trust a computer expert to get their PCs up and running. That’s one of the reasons IT staff rely on updates to offset the possibility of failure or malfunction. In the case of the Matrix movie, “Neo” can be described as the patch, the thing, or the program that is sent in to make things right. The Neo program could also be interpreted as the latest program or an update. What would represent the purpose of the All-Seeing, All-Knowing Oracle? Can it be seen as an “All Mighty Being”?

The cloud as we know it; an Internet metaphor based on how the Internet is represented in computer network diagrams; it is a style of computing in which resources are dynamically scalable and often virtualized. SaaS (Service as Software) over the Internet, as I mentioned in previous posts, is the driving force.

New tactics and skill sets are definitely needed to gain a foothold in the new world of IT, communications, and analytics. Sentiment Analysis is measuring the mood of Social Networks and is being incorporated by companies that monitor Community Driven Websites.

Jobs Creation says it makes sense for Microsoft to target cloud providers. Technology providers plan to double their workforce this year. They say mobile and cloud apps are creating millions of jobs in the US.

That disconcerting boast makes me wonder; If that’s the case, why is the national unemployment rate at record highs? The US unemployment numbers read between eight and ten percent. These figures are devastating for the American economic system.

Business intelligence (BI) and virtual, methodical information technology (IT) basically go hand in hand. Students majoring in business i.e. administration, management, marketing, accounting, etc. will find that BI and IT have become one entity. One does not preclude the other.

Which is the title? Oh yeah, it’s called ‘All I Know Is…’

Until next time…

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