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An Outside Example
Parallels can be observed in the commercial realm.
One tool in strategic management is ‘strategic programming’. Top management develops strategies and then defines in detail the way of implementation. The goal is to assure that the strategies conceived at the top are diluted and modified as little as possible on the way down.
It is commonly accepted that this approach is not suited for very dynamic environments with a lot of change. One requirement for success of strategic programming is a certain predictability of what will happen or at least what is relevant and what can be ignored.
The movement may admit that the future is difficult to predict – at least on the short and medium term. But at least in the past it was often pretty clear what was relevant and what could be ignored. Following the leader (Cain-Abel) and ‘separating from Satan, from fallen habits and self-centered desires’ was important. This would ultimately result in success, ‘breakthrough’, even in miraculous ways. Individual approaches, out-of-the box thinking, constructive criticism, diversity etc. are optional and have been easily discarded or ignored or worse.
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