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When Everyone’s Responsible, No One’s Responsible

Frank Sonnenberg Online

That reminds me of the “Responsibility Poem” by American journalist Charles Osgood. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.”. Stand up for what’s right? Follow the letter as well as the spirt of the law? The point being that when everyone’s responsible, no one’s responsible.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

But now consider the following list of terms: “acknowledgement of multiple constituencies,” “risk reduction,” “formal planning,” “coordination,” “efficiency measures,” “clearly defined responsibility,” and “organizational culture.”